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La Paz (pronounced [la ˈpas] ⓘ, English: "peace") is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, with a 2020 census population of 250,141 inhabitants, [1] making it the most populous city in the state.
La Paz is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Its area of 20,275 km 2 (7,828 sq mi) makes it the municipality in Mexico with the fourth-largest area. [ 1 ] It had a population of 290,286 inhabitants in the 2015 census. [ 2 ]
La Paz becomes de facto Bolivia's new administrative capital and the seat of the government, thus starting the process of development into the large city it is today. 1900 Construction began on the international railroad network linking La Paz to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, thus solidifying the future role of La Paz as a primate city. At ...
"The survival of the dart-thrower on the peninsula of Baja California". Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 17 (1): 81– 93. Mathes, W. Michael (1973). The Conquistador in California: 1535. Los Angeles: Dawson’s Book Shop. Mathes, W. Michael (1975). "Some new observations relative to the indigenous inhabitants of La Paz, Baja California Sur".
Mission La Paz was established by the Jesuit missionaries Juan de Ugarte and Jaime Bravo in 1720 [1] and financed by the marquis José de la Puente , at the location of the modern city of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. La Paz was the location of the earliest Spanish activity in Baja California, and was frequently the site of conflicts ...
Baja California Sur, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, [b] is the least populated state and the last state to be admitted to Mexico, in 1974. It is also the ninth-largest Mexican state in terms of area.
Todos Santos (Spanish: [ˈtoðos ˈsantos] ⓘ; "All Saints") is a small coastal town in the foothills of Mexico's Sierra de la Laguna Mountains, on the Pacific coast side of the Baja California Peninsula, about an hour's drive north of Cabo San Lucas on Highway 19 and an hour's drive southwest from La Paz.
In the period 1951 to 2000, Baja California had one hurricane and three tropical storms make landfall. During the same period, Baja California Sur witnessed nineteen hurricanes and thirty tropical storms. During the same time period, the region got hit by two major hurricanes (Hurricane Oliva in 1967 and Hurricane Kiko in 1989). [1]