(This is part of a series, Blogging from A to Z April 2014 Challenge.
My theme for the challenge is Quintessential San Diego from A to Z, focusing on those things that are typical, or perfect, or classic examples of San Diego life. Today is T.)

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Tijuana Border Traffic

Just south of San Diego, across the border into Mexico, is the city of Tijuana. Tijuana and its surrounding metropolitan areas have a population of more than 1,650,000. Tijuana today is one of the fastest growing cities in Mexico with an average of 80,000 people moving to Tijuana yearly, many from poorer parts of Mexico, and from Central American countries, seeking economic opportunities.

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Typical Street Scene in Tijuana

Tijuana is a dominant manufacturing center of the North American continent. The city maintains facilities of numerous multinational conglomerate companies.

Tijuana has roughly 550 assembly plants that are called maquiladoras. Foreign and domestic companies employ thousands of employees in these plants, usually in assembly-related labor. Companies that have set up maquiladoras in Tijuana include Hyundai, Sony, Vortec, BMW, Vizio, Toyota, Dell, Samsung, Kodak, Matsushita/Panasonic, GE, Nabisco, Ford, Microsoft, Philips, Pioneer, Airbus, Siemens Mexico, Jaguar, Sanyo, and Volkswagen.

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Avenida Revolucion, Tijuana

The city is the most visited border city on the globe. Over fifty million people cross the border between these two cities every year. This metropolitan crossing makes the San Ysidro Port of Entry the busiest land-border crossing in the world.

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Tijuana Apartment Building

 

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Tijuana Zebra – Donkey Painted With Stripes is a Long-Established Tourist Staple

 

 

Donna Amis DavisSan DiegoSan Diego A to Z(This is part of a series, Blogging from A to Z April 2014 Challenge.My theme for the challenge is Quintessential San Diego from A to Z, focusing on those things that are typical, or perfect, or classic examples of San Diego life. Today is T.) Just south of San Diego,...Author of the '60s SURF SHOP MYSTERIES and DIVE SHACK MYSTERIES