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===Late 19th century===
In the mid-19th century, a geologist working for the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] came to the delta area, discovering what the native Yumans had known for centuries: that the thick river sediment deposits made the area prime farming land. These sediments extended far to the west of the river itself, accumulating in a shallow basin below the Sierra de Cucapá.<ref name="bajaweb"/> However, from this time period until the 1880s, the area was almost completely unpopulated, mostly due to its harsh climate. In 1888, the federal government granted a large part of northern Baja state, including Mexicali, to Guillermo Andrade, with the purpose of colonizing the area on the recently created border with the United States. However, around 1900, the only area with any real population, aside from the Cocopah, were concentrated in [[Los Algodones]], to the east of Mexicali.<ref name="EncMuc">{{cite web |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/bajacalifornia/municipios/02002a.htm |title=
===20th century===
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[[File:FCAMXLI.jpg|thumb|Faculty of Management of the UABC]]
[[File:UABCMuseoMexicali.JPG|thumb|left|UABC Cultural Research Center]]
According to a previous census conducted by the [[National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Mexico)|National Institute of Statistics and Geography]] (INEGI)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/mexicocifras/default.aspx?ent=02/ |title=Página oficial de la INEGI |publisher=Inegi.org.mx |date= |accessdate=2011-06-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722230208/http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/mexicocifras/default.aspx?ent=02%2F |archivedate=2011-07-22 |df= }}</ref> in 2008, the number of students who have graduated from Mexicali's public and private schools are as follows:
Pre-scholar students: 18,648<br>
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==Culture==
[[File:CasaCulturalMexicali.JPG|thumb|Mexicali's "House of Culture" decorated for [[Day of the Dead]]]]
The residents of Mexicali (''Mexicalenses'') call themselves "Cachanillas" (due to a local plant, the [[cachanilla]], used by the Cucapah tribe to build shacks) and are from culturally diverse backgrounds, and it is among the most ethnically diverse cities in Mexico, with people from various Native American, European, African, East Asian, and Middle Eastern origins.<ref>{{es icon}} [http://www.mexicali.gob.mx/ImagenesCS/CONAMM/index.html Mexicali.gob.mx] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008120735/http://www.mexicali.gob.mx/ImagenesCS/CONAMM/index.html |date=2007-10-08 }}</ref>
There is a very popular song called "Puro Cachanilla" also known as "El Cachanilla" that identifies people from Mexicali.
In 2004, there were 11 theaters<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sic.conaculta.gob.mx/infraestructura/teatros/todo.php3?J=10 |title=Sistema de Información Cultural – Conaculta – Mexico |publisher=Sic.conaculta.gob.mx |date= |accessdate=2011-06-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210125037/http://sic.conaculta.gob.mx/infraestructura/teatros/todo.php3?j=10 |archivedate=2006-02-10 |df= }}</ref> in the city:
#Teatro del Estado.
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