Ensenada is a city in the state of
Baja California, Mexico. It is located 116 km (about 70 miles) south of Tijuana, at . The city has an estimated population of 314,281.
Located on the Bahía Todos Santos – an inlet of the Pacific Ocean – Ensenada is a port and a cruise ship stop. There is also a navy base and military airfield.
The city is backed up by small mountains/large hills. Due to its location on the Pacific Ocean, the weather tends to be mild. Although the terrain is relatively dry, Ensenada sits in the heart of a wine country that counts as the best in Mexico. It is said that the first vitis vinifera made it to the peninsula (specifically to the San Ignacio Mission) in 1703, when Jesuit Padre Juan Ugarte planted the first grapes there.
Ensenada is also the municipal seat of Ensenada Municipality, one of the five into which the state is divided.
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