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Mission La Paz was established by the Jesuit missionaries Juan de Ugarte and Jaime Bravo in 1720 and financed by the Marqués de Villapuente de la Peña, 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 ...
La Paz ( pronounced [la ˈpas] ⓘ, English: Peace) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. The city had a 2020 census population of 250,141 inhabitants, [1] making it the most populous city in the state. It is in La Paz Municipality, which is the fourth-largest municipality in Mexico in geographical size and reported a ...
The Our Lady of Peace Cathedral [1] ( Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Paz) [2] or La Paz Cathedral is a Catholic church in the center of the city of La Paz, Baja California Sur, [3] western Mexico [4] that is the seat of the Diocese of La Paz. It is located where the mission was founded by the Jesuits in the eighteenth century.
253 men. The William Walker Filibuster Expedition to Baja California and Sonora occurred in the year of 1853, after a failed attempt by Walker himself to invade Sonora from the Arizona border. William Walker sought to appropriate Sonora, and in his claims he had the support of magnates and the complacency of the United States government .
El Centenario. / 24.10250°N 110.41444°W / 24.10250; -110.41444. El Centenario is a small seaside town located in La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico, approximately 15 km west of La Paz, the capital city. El Centenario had a 2020 census population of 6,221 persons. [1]
San Antonio, Baja California Sur. Coordinates: 23°48′29″N 110°03′25″W. San Antonio is a small town in La Paz Municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, located near El Triunfo on Federal Highway 1. It had a population of 463 inhabitants in the 2010 census, and is situated 400 meters (1,312 ft.) above sea level.
Paipai. Mission San Vicente Ferrer ( Spanish: Misión San Vicente Ferrer) was founded in August 1780 by the Dominican missionaries Miguel Hidalgo and Joaquin Valero among the Paipai Indians of northwestern Baja California, Mexico. San Vicente was one of the largest and most important of the Dominican missions, because of its fertile land ...
The Autonomous University of Baja California, Campus Ensenada is known for being the oceanographic research center in Mexico with its College of Marine science and its Institute for Oceanographic Research, which publishes its own international research journal. The address for this campus is Km. 103 Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana C.P. 22800.