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Bahía Tortugas is a town in Baja California Sur, Mexico. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is in Mulegé Municipality on the west coast of the peninsula, and is one of the six subdivisions of the municipality. The town is nearby Punta Eugenia , and it is northwest of Bahía Asunción .
[6] [7] The Baja California peninsula, the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), and the states of California, Baja California and Baja California Sur, bear the name today. From 10 January 1854, to 8 May 1854, La Paz served as the capital of William Walker's Republic of Sonora. The project collapsed due to lack of US support and ...
Loreto is a city and municipal seat of Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, on the West Coast of Mexico. Located on the Gulf of California, the city had a population of 16,311 inhabitants in 2020. [1] Loreto is a regional economic and cultural center, as well as a major tourist destination on the Baja California Peninsula.
San Javier is a town in Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur. Located in Western Mexico, the village had a population of 155 inhabitants at the census of 2020. [1] San Ignacio is home to Misión San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó.
Located on the east coast of the Baja Peninsula, the town had a population of 14,357 inhabitants in 2020. [1] The city was founded as a company town by the French Compagnie du Boleo in 1884, which established the local copper mines. Today the city is a popular tourist destination.
San Marcos is an island located in the northern portion of Baja California Sur, México. It faces the town of Santa Rosalía on the Gulf of California near Isla Tortuga. The only town on the island is also named San Marcos. The island has a land area of 28.748 km 2 (11.100 sq mi), the 18th-largest island in Mexico. [1]
Baja California Sur is a state in Northwest Mexico divided into five municipalities. [1] According to the 2020 Mexican census, Baja California Sur is the second least populous state with 798,447 inhabitants and the 11th largest by land area, spanning 73,909.4 square kilometres (28,536.6 sq mi). [1] [2] Municipalities in Baja California Sur are ...
Before becoming a state on 8 October 1974, the area was known as the El Territorio Sur de Baja California ("South Territory of Lower California"). It has an area of 73,909 km 2 (28,536 sq mi), or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico, and occupies the southern half of the Baja California Peninsula , south of the 28th parallel , plus the uninhabited ...