Andrade is a small unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 town in the southeasternmost corner of the state of California

California

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, in Imperial County. It is directly across the border from Los Algodones

Los Algodones, Baja California

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, the northernmost town of the municipality of Mexicali

Municipality of Mexicali

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, in Baja California

Baja California

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, and in all of Mexico

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. The ZIP Code is 92283. The community is inside area code 760

Area code 760

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Andrade is named after Mexican General Guillermo Andrade. The General sold the land for the settlement to the California Development Company. The town was named in 1912 with establishment of the post office

Post office

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A post office operated at Andrade from 1909 to 1910 and from 1912 to 1942. The name Cantu commemorated Col. Esteban Cantu, governor of the northern most district of Baja California

Baja California

Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...

 from 1915 to 1920.

As of the year 2000, it had a population of 59, 74.6% of whom were Hispanic or Latino.

The community is located entirely within the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation

Fort Yuma Indian Reservation

The Fort Yuma Indian Reservation is a part of the traditional lands of the Quechan people. Established in 1884, the reservation, at , has a land area of 178.197 km² in southeastern Imperial County, California, and western Yuma County, Arizona, near the city of Yuma, Arizona. Both the county...

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