Tijuana ( ; ) is the largest city in
Baja California and on the
Baja California Peninsula and center of the
Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the
international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. As an industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics. As the city has become a leading center in the country, so has the surrounding metropolitan area, a major industrial and paramount metropolis in northwestern Mexico. Currently one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in Mexico, Tijuana maintains
global city status. As of 2015, the city of Tijuana had a population of 1,696,923.