Comite de Turismo y Convenciones de Ensenada

It all started at Navidad port (Colima) On June 27^th of 1542 where a portugues navigator named Don Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrives to this land on September 17^th of 1542 and named it San Mateo.

Sixty years later , On November 1^st of 1602 Sebastian Viscaino arrives to this land and named Ensenada de Todos Santos, to refer he said. "The coast made Ensenada safe". In 1897 he takes away de Todos Santos just leaving the name, as we know it today.

An ethnic group, the strongest on this land were Los Cohimies; the religious group that stand out were Los Dominicos, who established the Misiones : Mision Santo Domingo, San Vicente, San Miguel de la Frontera, Santo Tomas, etc.