Baja California Sur
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Baja California Sur
State
Estado Libre y Soberano de
Baja California Sur
Flag of Baja California Sur
Flag Official seal of Baja California Sur
Seal
Nickname(s): El Acuario Del Mundo
(The aquarium of the world)
Anthem: Canto a Baja California
State of Baja California Sur within Mexico
State of Baja California Sur within Mexico
Coordinates: 25°51′N 111°58′WCoordinates: 25°51′N 111°58′W
Country Mexico
Capital La Paz
Municipalities 5
Largest City La Paz
Admission October 8, 1974[1] Order 31st
Government
• Governor PRD Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor
• Senators[2] PT Francisco J. Obregón
PRD Josefina Cota
PAN Luis Coppola Joffroy
• Deputies[3] Federal Deputies[show] Area[4] • Total 73,909 km2 (28,536 sq mi)
Ranked 9th
Highest elevation[5] 2,080 m (6,820 ft)
Population (2012)[6] • Total 691,161
• Rank 31st
• Density 9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
• Density rank 32nd
Demonym Sudcaliforniano (a)
Time zone MST (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
Postal code 23
Area code
Area codes[show] ISO 3166 code MX-BCS
HDI Increase 0.789 Very High Ranked 3rd of 32
GDP US$ 3,967,628.2 thousands or US$ 3.968 billion [a] Website Official Web Site
^ a. The state’s GDP was 50,785,641 thousands of pesos in 2006,[7] amount corresponding to 3,967,628.2 thousands of dollars, being a dollar worth 12,80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).[8]
Baja California Sur (About this sound /ˈbaxa kaliˈfornja sur/ (help·info)), lit. “Lower California South”, officially Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the second smallest Mexican state by population and the 31st admitted state of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.
Before becoming a state on October 8, 1974, the area was known as the South Territory of Baja California (El Territorio Sur de Baja California). It has an area of 73,475 km2 (28,369 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. It is bordered to the north by the state of Baja California, to the west by the Pacific Ocean, and to the east by the Gulf of California, also known as the “Sea of Cortés”. The state has maritime borders with Sonora and Sinaloa to the east, across the Gulf of California.
The state is home to the tourist resorts of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo. Its largest city and capital is La Paz.
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