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El Centinela, also called Cerro del Centinela or Mount Signal, is an isolated desert mountain in Baja California near Mexicali, with its northern slope beginning at the Mexico-United States border and forming the northernmost peak of the Cocopah range. Rising about 781 meters, it has long served as a practical landmark for Kumiai travelers and later pioneer explorers crossing the region. Known as Weeishpa among the Kumiai, the mountain has also become a defining emblem of the Mexicali area, appearing on the shield of Mexicali and on the shield and flag of Imperial County, and it is remembered in regional culture through the song Puro Cachanilla.
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Baja California · Mexico