Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur is a state in northwest Mexico. It is on the Baja California peninsula. Its capital is La Paz. About 500,000 people live there. Its name means "South Lower California".
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Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location within Mexico | |
 Municipalities of Baja California Sur | |
| Coordinates: 25°50′N 111°58′W / 25.833°N 111.967°WCoordinates: 25°50′N 111°58′W / 25.833°N 111.967°W=inline,title | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| Capital | La Paz |
| Municipalities | 5 |
| Largest City | La Paz |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Narciso Agúndez Montaño (PRD) |
| • Federal Deputies | PRD: 2 |
| • Federal Senators | PT: 2 PAN: 1 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 73,475 km2 (28,369 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 512,170(Ranked 32nd) |
| • Demonym | Sudcaliforniano |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| HDI (2004) | 0.8269 - high Ranked 4th |
| ISO 3166-2 | MX-BCS |
| Postal abbr. | B.C.S. |
| Website | www.gbcs.gob.mx |
Baja California Sur Media
Hernán Cortés' navigator subordinate Fortún Ximénez, having led a revolt in which his captain Diego de Becerra was killed, went on to misreport the peninsula as an island and thereby helped to perpetuate a long-standing Western misconception, reflected in this anonymous Italian map of the region, circa 1650.
Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó, is the first successful of Baja California missions
Marines raising the American flag over La Paz after the surprise Battle of La Paz near Mexican–American War end, 1847.
Ships docking in the waterfront of El Boleo mine in present-day Santa Rosalía.
The arch at Land's End, Cabo San Lucas
View of the San Jose Estuary
Playa Santispac on Bahía Concepción
View of the port of Cabo San Lucas from the water, Baja California Sur
Royal Solaris resort in San Jose del Cabo
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