By Ariday Ortega
Miriam Cano Núñez has taken on administrative, territorial, planning, and digitalization challenges in her first year as San Quintín’s first female mayor.
San Quintín is now Mexico’s largest municipality, covering 13,584 square miles. It was established in 2020 as Baja California’s sixth municipality, after decades of efforts to separate from Ensenada. Until then, it fell under Ensenada’s jurisdiction, represented through local delegations.
During the transition, a Founding Council (2020–2024) managed operational, structural, and regulatory functions. Miriam Elizabeth Cano Núñez was elected as San Quintín’s first female mayor, assuming office on October 1, 2024, marking the transition from provisional to fully elected government.
The municipality includes eight delegations: Camalú, Vicente Guerrero, San Quintín, El Rosario, El Mármol, Punta Prieta, Bahía de los Ángeles, and Villa Jesús María. According to the 2020 Census, it has 117,568 residents spread across more than 541 localities, many with dispersed settlements.
Key Focus Areas in Miriam Cano’s First Year
“Our priority areas, in addition to the Municipal Development Plan that will guide this government term, have been clear. First, we focused on the regulations developed in the city council with the support of the Morena caucus.
Another major focus has been administrative restructuring, essential for shaping a new city government. In parallel, we promoted digitalization, implementing a management and transparency system to advance toward a smart city model.
This includes infrastructure projects targeting priority groups and, especially, coordination with all three levels of government to regularize land across the municipality. In San Quintín’s nearly 12,741 square miles, we have also worked on defining the maritime-terrestrial federal zone along both coastlines, achieving significant progress in the Gulf.”
