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Quality of Life

Mexicali offers a wide variety of activities for people with different interests. The selection of cuisine in Mexicali is very diverse.

Here in Mexicali, you can also sample the finest wines that are produced in the Guadalupe Valley, located at the Baja California Wine region, where ninety percent of Mexico's wines are produced. If you are looking for sports and entertaiment, Mexicali is proud to be home of the Professional Baseball Club Aguilas, the 2006-2007 National Basketball Champions Club Soles, the Calafia Bull Ring which also hosts many other sports and cultural events, and for adrenaline lovers off-road races featuring high-speed competition in the desert, to mention just a few things Mexicali has to offer

Mexicali city is very proud to host the 2009 well-known Mexican baseball series "Series del Caribe". Baseball series featuring international teams like; Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. The series have been a major attraction and tradition since 1949.

Education

With an emphasis on higher education, and the need to keep up with increasingly competitive global market, Mexicali boasts six universities and twelve technical trade schools. This is due to an ever-increasing demand for skilled labor in the city. There is also a pressing need for more trained mechanical and electrical engineers to meet the growing technological demands due to increased industrialization of the city; this is why Mexicali has some of Mexico’s finest universities.

In order to keep up with all the educational demands in the region, Mexicali Industrial Park, PIMSA, has compromised itself to give a yearly $100,000 donation to CETYS Universidad, one of the finest universities in Mexicali. This donation is destined to impulse industrial development and enable more possibilities to support new companies.

Universidad Autonoma de Baja California

It is a multi-campus, a state public institution with colleges of Engineering, International Business, Law, Medicine, Political Science, Agriculture, Nursing, Computer Science and Foreign Language Studies.

TOTAL SPECIALTIES: 26, ENROLLMENT: 16,013 GRADUATES PER YEAR: 1, 800

www.uabc.mx

CETYS University

It's a private institution with schools of Business, Engineering and High School.

TOTAL SPECIALTIES: 11, ENROLLMENT: 1,786, GRADUATES PER YEAR: 30

www.mxl.cetys.mx

Instituto Tecnologico de Mexicali

It's a public institution with colleges of Engineering (Electronic, Industrial, Mechanic, Chemical), Computer Science and Accounting.

TOTAL SPECIALTIES: 7, ENROLLMENT: 5,000, GRADUATES PER YEAR: 600

www.itmexicali.edu.mx

CONALEP / Ejido Puebla

Technical Careers: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Productivity, Mechanical, Electronic, Microcomputer.

ENROLLMENT: 825, GRADUATES PER YEAR: 120

www.conalepbc.edu.mx

CONALEP II

Technical Careers: Hotel Management, Computing, Executive Assistant, Accounting.

ENROLLMENT: 980, GRADUATES PER YEAR: 110

www.conalepbc.edu.mx

CECATI

It has three vocational and training schools. Careers: English, Mechanic, Electronic, Textile, Carpentry, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Drawing, Machinery and Tool.

ENROLLMENT: 3,000

http://www.dgcft.sems.gob.mx/dgcft

Commercial Area / Malls

Plaza la Cachanilla

Blvd. López Mateos S/n
Ph:+52 (686) 553 4177 / 553 4108
Fax: +52 (686) 553 4119

Plaza Nuevo Mexicali

Blvd. Lázaro Cárdenas 2995
Col. Nuevo Mexicali Ph: +52 (686)580 3288 Fax: +52 (686)580 3093

Juventud 2000

Blvd. Laguna Xochimilco 301
Desarrollo Urbano Xochimilco

Plaza Fiesta

Independencia y Av. de los Héroes
Ph & Fax: +52 (686) 557 1342

Plaza San Pedro

Calz. Cetys 1801
Col. Rivera C.P. 21254
Ph: +52 (686) 840 0200

Plaza Cataviña

Calz. Cetys 1800
Col. Cataviña C.p. 21240
Ph: +52 (686)567 2896 Fax: +52 (686)567 3238

Workforce

Founded in 1903, Mexicali is recognized as a community, which embraces people from all over the world who are in search of a better life.

With a 2.2 percent annual population growth rate, the workforce in Mexicali is about 360,000 thousand where approximately one third works on the maquiladora industry.

A study recently made atop management levels shows that the workforce in Mexicali more than meets the requirements of world class organizations. Our people are considered:

* Creative problem solvers at work
* Open to change and challenges
* Manifest a high level of commitment
* Proficiency and loyalty toward their company and work groups

A distinctive characteristic of Mexicali people is their good mood and service attitude.

In Baja California, the minimum daily wage currently is about 4.5 dollars a day, and though it may be higher than some other states in Mexico, the workforce in the northern part of the country is better qualified and educated.