Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈbaxa kaliˈfornja sur]), offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Baja California Sur), (literally: Sooth Lawer Californie), is ane o the 31 states which, wi Mexico Ceety-the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. Afore becomin a state on 8 October 1974, the aurie wis kent as the Sooth Territory o Baja California. It haes an aurie o 73,475 km2 (28,369 sq mi), or 3.57% o the land mass o Mexico an comprises the soothren hauf o the Baja California peninsulae, sooth o the 28t parallel. It is bordered tae the north bi the state o Baja California, tae the wast bi the Paceefic Ocean, an tae the east bi the Gulf o Californie, kent as the "Sea o Cortés" an aw. An aw, the state haes maritime borders wi Sonora an Sinaloa tae the east athort the Gulf o Californie.
Baja California Sur Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur | |
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| Eik-name(s): El Acuario Del Mundo (The aquarium o the warld) | |
 State o Baja California Sur athin Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 25°50′46″N 111°58′22″W / 25.84611°N 111.97278°W | |
| Kintra | Mexico |
| Caipital | La Paz |
| Municipalities | 5 |
| Lairgest Ceety | La Paz |
| Admission | 8 October 1974[1] |
| Order | 31st |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor .svg){kind=logo} |
| • Senators[2] | Francisco J. Obregón  Josefina Cota .svg){kind=logo} Luis Coppola Joffroy |
| • Deputies[3] | Federal Deputies |
| Area | |
| • Total | 73475 km2 (28,369 sq mi) |
| Ranked 9th | |
| Highest elevation | 2080 m (6,820 ft) |
| Population (2010)[6] | |
| • Total | 637,026 |
| • Rank | 32nd |
| • Density | 8.7/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 32nd |
| Demonym(s) | Sudcaliforniano (a) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| Postal code | 23 |
| Area code | Area codes |
| ISO 3166 code | MX-BCS |
| HDI |  0.878 Very High Ranked 2nd |
| 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] | |
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- www.AllAboutBaja.com Learn all about Baja California Sur and the entire Baja peninsula.
- Baja California Sur: Cabo Pulmo Coral Reef in Danger
- Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense
- (in Spaingie) Baja California Sur State Government
- (in Spaingie) Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México Archived 2005-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Entry on Baja California Sur
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