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Bajalta California is megaregion (megalopolis) set on the border of two of the Californias: California and Baja California, also on the international border of the United States and Mexico. Bajalta California is on the North American Pacific Coast and contains some of the largest metropolitan and transnational metropolitan areas in the world, namely the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area and the San Diego-Tijuana metro area. It consists of part of the State of Californias' Southern California megaregion and the northern municipalities of Baja California. As a megaregion it is roughly fourth-fifth largest in the United States.
Bajalta California Megaregion | |
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Country | United States , Mexico |
Population | 26.2 million |
The region is an economic powerhouse for the North American continent sporting a well rounded economy: tourism in the South Coast, a primary source of winter produce and site for renewable energy in the Imperial Valley, world lead in the entertainment industry in the Southland, largest cluster of bio-tech related sciences in San Diego.[1][2][3][4] Baja Californias' large, skilled, relatively inexpensive workforce, and proximity to Southern California makes for an attractive environment that allows foreign, primarily American and Californian, companies to establish extensive industrial parks, taking advantage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to export products around the globe.
As defined by Michael Dear and Gustavo Leclerc of the University of Southern California, Bajalta California stretches from the global cities of Los Angeles and San Diego to the cities of Tijuana and Mexicali, containing the Los Angeles metropolitan area, San Diego metropolitan area, Tijuana metropolitan area, and Mexicali metropolitan area. Note that the term "Bajalta California" appears to be used almost exclusively, per Google, in discussions of Dear & Leclerc's book.
To the west of Bajalta California lies the Pacific Ocean, to the south lies Ensenada Municipality and Baja California Sur, to the east lies the Gulf of California, and to the north lies Californias' Central Valley and Coastal California.