Mexicali History

It is the capital city of the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California and head of the municipality of the same name. It is the northernmost city in Mexico and Latin America




In the late nineteenth century the federal government awarded to Guillermo Andrade large tracts of land in this part of the country, seeking to settle the border with the United States. In the agricultural valley of Mexicali began developing the installation of companies that wanted to take advantage of irrigation water from the Colorado River in agriculture, promoting the construction of irrigation canals between 1898 and 1900.Origin of nameThe word Mexicali is the union of Mexico and California. Although the official adjective is Mexicali, it is common for "Cachanilla, an endemic shrub name used by the ancient inhabitants of the region to build their homes.