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Encyclopedia > Calexico, California
Calexico, California
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Location of Calexico, California
Location of Calexico, California
County Imperial
Government
 - Mayor Lewis Pacheco
Area
 - City 7.9 sq mi (20.38 km²)
 - Land 7.9 sq mi (20.38 km²)
 - Water 0 sq mi (0 km²)
Population (2005)
 - City 32,600 (city proper)
 - Density 4,142/sq mi (1,599.23/km²)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 - Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Website: http://www.calexico.ca.gov

Calexico is a city in Imperial County, California, United States. The population was 27,109 at the 2000 census. It is part of the 'El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area'. Calexico is about 122 miles east of San Diego and about 70 miles west of Yuma, Arizona. Its name, a portmanteau of California and Mexico, like that of the adjaceant town of Mexicali emphasizes its importance as a border city. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Imperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley, in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, and borders both Arizona and Mexico. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... PST is UTC-8 The Pacific Standard Time Zone (PST) is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) resulting in UTC-8. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... PDT is UTC-7 The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-8). ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Imperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley, in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, and borders both Arizona and Mexico. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... El Centro is the county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. ... In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas, which are organized around county boundaries. ... Nickname: Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates: , Country United States State California County San Diego Founded July 16, 1769 Incorporated March 27, 1850 Government  - Mayor Jerry Sanders  - City Attorney Michael Aguirre  - City Council Scott Peters Kevin Faulconer Toni Atkins Tony Young Brian Maienschein Donna Frye Jim Madaffer... Yuma is a city in and the county seatGR6 of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. ... A portmanteau (IPA pronunciation: RP, US) is a word or morpheme that fuses two or more words or word parts to give a combined or loaded meaning. ... Mexicali is the capital of the state of Baja California, Mexico as well as the capital of the municipality of Mexicali. ...


Over 60,000 people pass through Calexico per day. The Police Department of Calexico consists of about 8 patrol cars on duty at any one time. However their traffic department has about 25 employees that patrol and control traffic and intersections clogged by border commuters daily.


Major events every year are the Mariachi festival on March 25 followed by the SDSU "Perspective of the Latino Race" art exhibition on April 3. Mariachi is a type of musical group, originally from Mexico. ...


Orson Welles' Touch of Evil was filmed largely in Calexico in 1958. Curtis Hanson's Losin' It was also filmed in Calexico. This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Touch of Evil (1958) is considered one of the last examples of film noir in the genres classic era (from the early 1940s until the late 1950s). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Losin It is a 1983 comedy film starring Tom Cruise, Shelley Long, Jackie Earle Haley, and John Stockwell. ...


The band Calexico is named after the town. For the city, see Calexico, California. ...

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Geography

Calexico is located at 32°40′42″N, 115°29′53″W (32.678246, -115.497997)GR1.


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.1 km² (6.2 mi²), all land. Calexico is located 230 miles southeast of Los Angeles, 125 miles east of San Diego, 260 miles west of Phoenix, Arizona, and adjacent to Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Nickname: Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: , Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area  - City  515. ...


Calexico's location provides easy overnight trucking access to all those transportation hubs plus the ports of Long Beach, California, and Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , Country United States State California County Los Angeles County Government  - Mayor Bob Foster Area  - City  65. ... The port of Ensenada Ensenada is a city in the state of Baja California, Mexico. ...


Calexico's strategic location is seen by many as the prime link between the interior of Mexico and the major markets along the west coast of the U.S. and Canada.


Calexico is served by California State Highways 98 and 111, with direct connection to Interstate 8 (7 miles north) and State Highway 86. There are eighteen (18) regular and irregular common carriers for intrastate and interstate truck service to Calexico. Example signage of the Califonia State Route System. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE I-8 IMP 0. ... JUNCTION MILE POST 10 ?? 86 ?? Legend < Route 110 Route 112 > The California State Highways California State Route 111 is the main north/south state highway and retail corridor through the Coachella Valley, a part of the Colorado Desert in the southeastern corner of the state and famous as a resort... Interstate 8 (abbreviated I-8) is an Interstate highway in the southwestern United States. ... State Route 86 is a north-south state highway in the southeastern desert region of Southern California, United States. ...


Rail service is provided by Union Pacific Railroad, and connects with the main line to Portland, Oregon; Rock Island, Illinois; Tucumcari, New Mexico; St. Louis, Missouri; and New Orleans, Louisiana. The Union Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting marks UP) (NYSE: UNP), headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. ... Nickname: Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: , Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City 376. ... Rock Island is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. ... This article is about the city in New Mexico, USA. For other uses see Tucumcari (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country United States State Missouri County Independent City Government  - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area  - City  66. ... Nickname: Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: , Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area  - City  350. ...


Within city limits is Calexico International Airport, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection check-point for private passenger and air-cargo flights entering the U.S. from Mexico. Private charter services are also available there. Calexico International Airport (IATA: CXL, ICAO: KCXL) is a public airport located one mile (1. ...


General aviation facilities and scheduled passenger and air-cargo service to Los Angeles International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and other points are available at Imperial County Airport (Boley Field), located 17 miles north. Runway layout at LAX “LAX” redirects here. ... “PHX” redirects here. ... Imperial County Airport (IATA: IPL, ICAO: KIPL, FAA LID: IPL), also known as Boley Field, is a public airport located one mile (2 km) south of the central business district (CBD) of Imperial, a city in Imperial County, California, USA. The airport covers 429 acres and has two runways. ...


History

Calexico began as a tent city of the Imperial Land Company and has grown into a larger thriving city on the U.S.-Mexico border. The term tent city covers a wide variety of usually temporary housing made of tents. ... The Imperial Land Company was a land developer in the early 20th century in Southern California. ... The international border between Mexico and the United States runs a total of 3,141 km (1,951 miles) from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, in the west to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, in the east. ...


Calexico was founded in 1899 and incorporated in 1908.


Although it gained a reputation for a while as a typical U.S.-Mexico bordertown with all the tawdry aspects usually associated with such places, the modern city of Calexico is a far cry from what it was back in those early days. Hundreds of acres are now being devoted to industrial parks use and commercial and retail incentives are being offered to encourage industrial development.


Since Calexico represents the mixing of two cultures and areas and because of its proximity to the Mexican border, the name Calexico was coined for a combination of the words California and Mexico. (See also Mexicali, a similarly-named city directly across the International Border from Calexico.) Mexicali is the capital of the state of Baja California, Mexico as well as the capital of the municipality of Mexicali. ...


Government

The City of Calexico operates under a City Council/City Manager form of government. The City Council consists of five Council Members, elected to overlapping four-year term. The Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem are chosen from among the five council members and rotate on an annual basis. The council-manager government is one of two main variations of representative municipal government in the United States. ...


The Mayor presides at council meetings, where all official policies and laws of the City are enacted. The members of the Calexico City Council set policy and appoint commissions and committees that study the present and future needs of Calexico.


The other two elected officials in the City of Calexico are the City Clerk and City Treasurer. Each of them is elected directly by the voters and serves a four year term.


The City Manager is appointed by the citizens of Calexico during the annual Festival de Extranjeros. One of the primary responsibilities of the City Manager is to implement the plan set forth by the City Council, utilizing ten City Departments.


The Calexico Mayor, Alex Perrone has been one of the most active in promoting a strong relationship with Mexico. Also has taken a strong position against the lining of the All-American Canal joining together with Mexicali border neighbor (Sister City) an international lawsuit. The All-American Canal brings Colorado River water to the Imperial Valley in California. ...


The Mayor has made statements that Calexico is one of the safest Cities in California and has experienced the most dynamic growth in this region.


Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 27,109 people, 6,814 households, and 5,982 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,680.1/km² (4,353.4/mi²). There were 6,983 housing units at an average density of 432.8/km² (1,121.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 46.56% White, 0.49% Black or African American, 0.67% Native American, 1.81% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 46.99% from other races, and 3.45% from two or more races. 95.29% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Calexico has one of the highest Hispanic/Latino percentages of any California city. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...


There were 6,814 households out of which 53.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 22.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.2% were non-families. 10.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.96 and the average family size was 4.21. “Spouse” redirects here. ...


In the city the population was spread out with 34.9% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 87.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.6 males. The amount of teen pregnancy in the city is ranked 3rd in the nation with 17.3% of females between the ages of 14 and 18 being pregnant.


The median income for a household in the city was $28,929, and the median income for a family was $30,277. Males had a median income of $27,712 versus $18,857 for females. The per capita income for the city was $9,981. About 22.6% of families and 25.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.8% of those under age 18 and 16.2% of those age 65 or over. The poverty rate in Calexico as a border city is above-average in the US, while in contrast Mexicali is considered prosperous to Mexican standards. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...


Education

Colleges and universities

Post-secondary education is available at the San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus of San Diego State University, and at Imperial Valley College. In addition, there are more than 20 local agencies and programs providing vocational training which can be tailored to the specific needs of potential employers. San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus The Imperial Valley Campus is a two-year upper division campus of San Diego State University (SDSU) serving the desert area of southeastern California. ... San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. ... Imperial Valley College is a college in Imperial County, California, USA. Founded in 1962 the college currently enrolls around 7,000 students per year. ...


Public schools

The Calexico Unified School District serves city residents. [K-6]


Kennedy Gardens Elementary-Home of the Eagles


Allen and Helen Mains Elementary-Home of the Trojens


Rockwood Elementary-Home of the Rockets


Blanch Charles Elementary-


Jefferson Elementary-


Dool Elementary-


Cesar Chavez Elementary-


Junior High Schools

[7-9]


Willam Moreno Jr. High-Home of the Aztecs


De Anza Jr. High-Home of the Bullpups


Enrique Camarena Junior High School-Home of the Firebirds


Secondary Schools

[10-12]


Calexico High School-Home of the Bulldogs


Aurora High School-Home of the Eagles


Robert F. Morales Adult Education Center


Independent Studies Office


Private schools

Calexico Mission School, a Seventh Day Adventist Academy operated by the Southeastern California Conference in Riverside, CA provides private religious education in Calexico from K-12. Calexico Mission School is a private school under the control of the Southeastern California Conference of Seventh Day Adventists. ... The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA), colloquially referred to as the Adventists, is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination that grew out of the prophetic Millerite movement in the United States during the middle part of the 19th century. ... Riverside is the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States. ...


Our Lady of Guadalupe Academy and Vincent Memorial Catholic High School, Roman Catholic schools operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, are also in Calexico. Vincent Memorial Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Calexico, California. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the western region of the United States. ...


Notable residents

  • Marco Perrone, Businessman
  • Juan R. Peña, Businessman

External links


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STEP II: CITY OF CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA (10557 words)
Calexico is a City of approximately 26,354 residents in 1997 (with a 4% to 5% annual growth rate), it covers an area of approximately 3 ½ square miles and was incorporated in 1908.
Calexico is one of the busiest border crossings between the United States and Mexico.
Demographic and economic information for the City of Calexico and the County of Imperial is shown in Appendixes A, B, and F. The City’s historical and current population is shown in the previously described Table 3.1; projected population and utility demands are shown in Table 3.2.
Calexico California Resource Guide, City or community of Calexico, California Facts, Information, Relocation, Real ... (430 words)
The population of Calexico is approximately 18,633 (1990).
Calexico is positioned 32.67 degrees north of the equator and 115.50 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Since Calexico represents the mixing of two cultures and areas and because of its proximity to the Mexican border, the name Calexico was coined for a combination of Mexico and California.
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