La Chinesca (The Mexican Chinatown) is a neighborhood located in the Mexican city of Mexicali. The location is home to about 15,000 people of Chinese origin, historically the largest Chinese community in Mexico.

La Chinesca, or the Mexican Chinatown, protects the origins of a city founded on Chinese traditions, and offers visitors the opportunity to experience a fusion of two cultures in one. Towards the end of the 19th century, there was a significant migration of Chinese people traveling to America due to political and economic changes in their country.

La Chinesca es una zona en el centro histórico de la ciudad de Mexicali, en Baja California, México donde han habitado, vivido, comerciado y construido habitantes de origen chino desde inicios del siglo XX.

Es momento de adentrarnos en los subterráneos de La Chinesca y recorrer juntos el legado de la cultura china en Mexicali. Conocido como el barrio chino mexicalense, este callejón resguarda los orígenes de una ciudad, cimentados en sus tradiciones y costumbres.

May 11, 2016 · When I first visited Mexicali, I’d heard rumors about “La Chinesca,” a network of basement tunnels where the city’s Chinese immigrants had created their own underground Chinatown.

Aug 11, 2023 · Explora "La Chinesca", Barrio Mágico en Baja California, con túneles históricos, cultura y delicias chinas, sin duda una experiencia única

Mexicali (English: / ˌ m ɛ k s ɪ ˈ k æ l i /; Spanish: ⓘ) [2] is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California.The city, which is the seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is home to 1,000,000 inhabitants on both sides of the Mexico–United States border.

Jan 22, 2023 · MEXICALI, B.C., MEXICO — Three blocks from the Calexico West Port of Entry lies an underground hidden gem: "La Chinesca," which tells the story of the Chinese immigrant community and pioneers of the City of Mexicali.

Apr 10, 2019 · In guided tours of La Chinesca, visitors explore the underworld of Mexicali through a series of clandestine entrances—a door tucked away in the back of a watch repair and pawn shop, a trap door in the floor of a pharmacy, a hidden stairway in the back of a heavy metal t …

Jan 27, 2025 · En el centro de Mexicali se encuentra La Chinesca, el primer Barrio Mágico de Baja California, que, aparte de estar lleno de misterio, fusiona la cultura mexicana con la china, y que para este Año Nuevo Chino 2025 se convertirá en un escenario ideal para celebrar el Año de la Serpiente de Madera. Por lo que si vives o estarás de visita en ...