Potrero

Potrero is a census-designated place in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern . The population was 648 at the 2020 United States census, down from 656 at the 2010 census.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 648 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California
  • Also known as: Potrero, CA” and “Potrero, California
  • Postal code: 91963

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tecate Port of Entry.

Border checkpoint
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is one of three ports of entry in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region. The land port is located between , in San Diego County's Mountain Empire and in . is situated 2 miles south of Potrero.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tecate.

Village
is an unincorporated community in the Mountain Empire area of central southeastern . It is adjacent to the Mexico–United States border and the Mexican city of in ; it is affectionately nicknamed Tecatito on account of its smaller size compared with the Mexican city. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Potrero.

Potrero

Latitude
32.60478° or 32° 36′ 17″ north
Longitude
-116.61307° or 116° 36′ 47″ west
Population
648
Elevation
2,336 feet (712 metres)
Open location code
8545J93P+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150939468
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5384602
Wiki­data ID
Q3458232
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“Potrero” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Potrero
  • Cebuano: Potrero
  • Chechen: Потреро
  • Chinese: 波特雷羅
  • Croatian: Potrero
  • Dutch: Potrero
  • French: Potrero
  • German: Potrero
  • Gilaki: پؤتررؤ
  • Irish: Potrero
  • Italian: Potrero
  • Ladin: Potrero
  • Malagasy: Potrero, Kalifornia
  • Malagasy: Potrero
  • Navajo: Hotsoiitah
  • Persian: پاتررو، کالیفرنیا
  • Persian: پاتررو
  • Polish: Potrero
  • Serbian: Потреро
  • Serbo-Croatian: Potrero, California
  • Serbo-Croatian: Potrero
  • South Azerbaijani: پاتررو، کالیفورنیا
  • Spanish: Potrero
  • Tatar: Потреро
  • Turkish: Potrero, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: Potrero
  • Ukrainian: Потреро
  • Volapük: Potrero

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tecate Municipality and Kwatai.

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Highlights include Barret intersection and Cal Fire Potrero Fire Station #31.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Potrero”. Photo: Bovlb, Public domain.