Tijuana, is the largest city in the Mexican state of Baja California and the seat of the municipality of Tijuana. As of February 20, 2007 the current president of the surrounding municipality is businessman Kurt Honold of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

Tijuana is the westernmost city in Latin America as well as the third northernmost (The state capital, Mexicali, and Tecate are farther north). The city is situated on the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to San Diego County, California, United States to the north.

The city's motto is "Aqui ­ Empieza La Patria". The Mexican government's English translation is "Gateway to Mexico," though the motto's literal English translation is "The Homeland Starts Here."