Mexicali

Mexicali is the capital of Baja California, a Mexican state that borders Calexico, California and that is the western-most part of Mexico. The name Mexicali comes from the combination of the words **Mexico** and **California//,//** as a gesture of friendship¹. Mexicali also boasts the largest aerospace lab in Latin America². =Chinese Culture in Mexicali= Mexicali has a significant Chinese population, and in the late 19th century, there were more ethnic Chinese than Mexicans in the city. Many Chinese began to immigrate to Mexicali after being promised substantial payment in return for labor, however, that payment was most often never realized. Today, however, there are fewer that 2500 full-blooded Chinese living in Mexicali, while three times that number are of mixed Chinese/Mexican ancestry³.