El Descanso
El Descanso is a locality in Tecate Municipality, Baja California. El Descanso is situated nearby to the locality La Nopalera, as well as near Santa Fe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tecate Port of Entry.
Tecate Port of Entry
Border checkpoint
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The Tecate Port of Entry is one of three ports of entry in the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan region. The land port is located between Tecate, California, in San Diego County's Mountain Empire and Tecate Municipality in Baja California. Tecate Port of Entry is situated 3 km northwest of El Descanso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tecate and Tecate.
Tecate
Tecate is a city of 73,000 people in Baja California on the border with California, about an hour east of Tijuana. Unlike most US/Mexico border crossings, there is no town on the US side.
Tecate
Village
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Tecate is an unincorporated community in the Mountain Empire area of central southeastern San Diego County, California. It is adjacent to the Mexico–United States border and the Mexican city of Tecate in Baja California; it is affectionately nicknamed Tecatito on account of its smaller size compared with the Mexican city. Tecate is situated 3½ km northwest of El Descanso.
Potrero
Hamlet
Potrero is a census-designated place in the Mountain Empire area of southeastern San Diego County, California. The population was 648 at the 2020 United States census, down from 656 at the 2010 census. Potrero is situated 5 km north of El Descanso.
El Descanso
- Type: Locality
- Location: Tecate Municipality, Baja California, Baja California, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
32.56336° or 32° 33′ 48″ northLongitude
-116.59688° or 116° 35′ 49″ westElevation
546 metres (1,791 feet)Open location code
8545HC73+86GeoNames ID
8577192
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In Other Languages
“El Descanso” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “El Descanso”
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