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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 ...
Baja California Sur ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbaxa kaliˈfoɾnja ˈsuɾ] ⓘ; 'South Lower California'), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur (English: Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ), is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal entities which comprise the 31 States of Mexico.
Baja California Sur boundary (1931–Present) The more ambitious province name, Las Californias, was established by a joint dispatch to the King from Viceroy de Croix and visitador José de Gálvez, dated January 28, 1768. Gálvez sought to make a distinction between the Antigua ('old') area of established settlement and the Nueva ('new ...
4,567,467 (2020) The Baja California peninsula ( Spanish: Península de Baja California, lit. 'Lower California peninsula') is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico. It separates the Gulf of California from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula extends from Mexicali, Baja California, in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, in the south.
Contents. Municipalities of Baja California Sur. 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 74,745.12 square kilometres (28,859.25 sq mi).
Guaycura people. The Guaycura (Waicura, Waikuri, Guaycuri) were a native people of Baja California Sur, Mexico, occupying an area extending south from near Loreto to Todos Santos. They contested the area around La Paz with the Pericú. The Guaycura were nomadic hunter-gatherers.
The Baja California desert ( Spanish: desierto de Baja California) is a desert ecoregion of Mexico 's Baja California peninsula. [2] This ecoregion occupies the western portion of the Baja California peninsula, and occupies most of the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and Baja California. It covers 77,700 square kilometers (30,000 square ...
8 October 1974. Preceded by. Succeeded by. Baja California Territory. Baja California Sur. The Territory of Baja California Sur was a Mexican federal territory that existed from 1931 to 1974. Its former area currently comprises the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, located in the southern part of the Baja California peninsula.