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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur is one of the 31 States of Mexico, occupying the part of the Baja California Peninsula south of the 28th parallel.
The Las Palmas Complex in the Cape Region and on nearby islands in the Gulf of California is primarily a mortuary pattern.
The European discovery of Baja California Sur is credited to Fortún Ximénez, a mutineer on an expedition dispatched by the conqueror of central Mexico, Hernán Cortés in early 1533.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Baja_California_Sur   (1075 words)

  
 Baja California Sur Community-Based Opportunities and Needs: Geography of BCS
The Municipality of Los Cabos is in the southernmost extreme of the peninsula of Baja California Sur.
The head of the municipality and the state is the city of La Paz, but the municipal territory extends to the coastal town of Todos Santos on the Pacific side of Baja California Sur.
The municipality is located in the central part of the state of Baja California Sur, along the coast of the Gulf of California.
www.icfdn.org /publications/na2006/004_chap_02.htm   (1680 words)

  
 Baja California Sur
It is bordered to the north by the state of Baja California Norte, to the west by the Pacific Ocean, and to the south and east by the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortes.
This is attested by the existence of sound higher education institutions, such as the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur, the Regional Technological Institute, the Pedagogic University, the State School of Music and several high-level scientific research institutions.
All of their early efforts to colonize the region failed, and it was not until the arrival of the Jesuits that permanent human settlements took root, with the establishment of the missions of Loreto (1697) and San Javier (1699) by the missionaries Eusebio Francisco Kino, Juan Maria Salvatierra, and Juan de Ugarte, among others.
www.mexconnect.com /MEX/austin/baja.html   (1094 words)

  
 Baja California Sur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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.
José María Echeandía Governor of Baja California Sur and divided it in four municipalities.
As a consequence of this battle, the U.S. invaders were forced to withdraw from the peninsula and could not lay claim to it as part of the new territories acquired through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848.
baja-california-sur.mindbit.com   (564 words)

  
 Baja California Sur
Dear reader, on this occasion we will discuss the state of Baja California South, situated in the north-west of Mexico in the southern part of the peninsula with the same name.
To the north, this entity borders the state of Baja California, to the east is the sea of Cortez, to the south and west is the Pacific ocean; it contains 5 municipalities which are, from north to south, Mulegé, Loreto, Comondú, La Paz and Los Cabos.
Baja California Sur possesses the greater part of those attractions important to tourism: a benign climate with a mean temperature of 23 degrees Celsius, sport fihsing and watersports, historical sites such as its Jesuit missions, arqueological zones, cave paintings, petroglyphs, fossilized deposits of shells and, perhaps most important, the hospitality and kindess of it's people.
www.surf-mexico.com /mexfiles/html/baja_c_sur.html   (982 words)

  
 Baja California SUR :. Paradise Between two Seas
It is truly an honor to be chosen as your travel destination and host while you explore Baja California Sur, which boasts some of the greatest tourist attractions in the country.
The scenery in Baja California Sur is spectacular, combining desert plains, mountain ranges and stunning beaches.
We are immensely proud of our land, and the content of the 2006 Baja California Sur Tourist Guide is an invitation to come and visit us.
www.explorebajasur.com /our-directors.html   (278 words)

  
 Tour By Mexico ® - Baja California Norte State --- 1
Baja California is bounded on the north by the American States of California and Arizona; at the northeast tip by
Baja California has a population of approximately 2'487,367 inhabitants.
The climate of Baja California is hot and dry, but the state's geographical location, to the north of the Tropic of Cancer, gives it a well defined winter.
www.tourbymexico.com /bcn/bcnpri.htm   (270 words)

  
  Real Estate Representative in La Paz & Baja California Sur - About La Paz
Baja California Sur, (B.C.S.) is one of the youngest states in the Republic of Mexico.
838,012 hectares (2,000,000 acres) in the states of Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit, 25% of which is land and the remaining 75% is the Sea of Cortez.
The state of Baja California Sur is divided into five municipalities: Mulege, Loreto, Comundu, La Paz, and Los Cabos.
www.la-paz-homes.com /about-la-paz.html   (480 words)

  
 Baja California's Peninsulas Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The State of Baja California is located in the Northwest México, in the northern part of the Baja California peninsula.
To the west it borders the Pacific Ocean and to the East with the Gulf of California.
The Baja California peninsula is 781 miles long with an average width of 56 miles, making Baja California one of largest peninsulas in the world.
www.mybajaguide.com /AboutBaja.php   (290 words)

  
 Baja Califonia Sur :: Baja California Sur Tourism Infrastructure Fully Operational After Hurricane John
LA PAZ, Mexico, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The office of Baja Califonia Sur Tourism announced today that the state, its airports and overall tourism infrastructure sustained minimal damage when Hurricane John made landfall on Friday, September 1 in the lightly populated areas of Buenavista and Los Barriles on the East Cape of the Baja Peninsula.
Alberto Trevino, Secretary of Tourism for the State of Baja California Sur, reports that the state's primary resort areas of Los Cabos, La Paz (the state capital) and Loreto are currently operating at optimum capacity under sunny skies with all tourism services available.
Narciso Agundez Montano, Governor of Baja California Sur, has assured officials from each of the five municipalities within the State that he considers the promotion of tourism to be one of the fundamental keystones of his administration and that he has dedicated all resources under his authority to work together to hasten the recovery process.
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The Sonora Fruit Fly Free Zone is comprised of 16 municipalities situated along the coast of the Sea of Cortez stretching from San Luis Rio Colorado in the north to Huatabampo in the south.
In Baja California Sur, Jose Luis Castro and his staff of five supervise agriculture quarantine inspection activities at the port of Pichilingue and the airport in La Paz.
The main focus for Tijuana is to detect and eliminate fruit fly infestations in northern Baja California, primarily to reduce the threat of fruit fly introduction into southern California.The main threat to California is the introduction of Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens) and the West Indian Fruit Fly (A. obliqua).
www.aphis.usda.gov /is/mexico/ai.htm   (1093 words)

  
 Baja California Sur
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 Cortez.
Baja has received an environment permit for its El Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc-manganese project in Mexico, clearing the way for development and eventually cash flow.
The two Mexican Baja cities are separated by 250 miles and several light-years -- although that may not be the case for long.
www.governpub.com /Capitals-B/Baja_California_Sur.php   (1187 words)

  
 San Diego Metropolitan Magazine - Baja California And San Diego Face Bright Economic, Cultural Future
Baja California owes much of its economic growth to the maquiladora industries, hundreds of factories that proliferate on the Mexican side of the border, assembling goods from electronics to medical devices to irrigation equipment.
Baja California’s Ministry of Economic Development reports that 14 new maquiladora businesses opened in Baja California during the first five months of the year.
Baja tourists may still drop by their traditional haunts — the Tecate brewery, for instance — but many are also heading out for a tour of the popular wineries in the Valle de Guadalupe near Ensenada.
www.sandiegometro.com /2006/sep/baja2.php   (2271 words)

  
 Escalera Nautica
Five of these are to be in Baja California, three in Baja California Sur, and one each in Sonora and Sinaloa.
By 1973, the Baja California peninsula study and mapping was completed, and a grand presentation was scheduled at Los Pinos when the Mexican White House was occupied by President Luis Echeverria Alvarez.
Those are the types of potentials we have as a State, we have over 1,000 miles of shoreline, and we have to exploit that with sustained development (we’d be one of the top 15 countries in the world if we were a country).
www.bajaquest.com /escaleranautica.htm   (7296 words)

  
 Baja California Sur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Massey, William C. "Brief Report on Archaeological Investigations in Baja California".
Crosby, Harry W. Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768.
Gobierno del Estado de Baja California Sur, La Paz.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baja_California_Sur   (1091 words)

  
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In the 70 years the Jesuits were on the Baja California peninsula, 59 priests set up 17 missions in the southern part of the peninsula.
In 1804 the Californias were divided and an independent government was set up in each one, the government of California in the port of Monterrey, and that of Baja California, in the port of Loreto.
On March 7th, 1822 in the port of Loreto, the second lieutenant José María Mata swore independence from Spain and shortly thereafter the Governor of Baja California José María Echeandía, divided the peninsula in four municipalities: Cabo San Lucas, Loreto, Santa Gertrudis and San Pedro Martir.
www.bajaport.com /historical.html   (425 words)

  
 Area I (Hermosillo, Sonora. Mex)
The Sonora Free Zone is comprised of 12 municipalities situated along the coast of the Gulf of Cortez stretching from Guaymas/Empalme in the south to San Luis in the north.
In Baja Califonia Sur, Jose Luis Castro and his staff of four supervise agriculture quarantine inspection activities at the road station of El Centenario and at the port of Pichilingue.
Three municipalities in the north of the state are now being evaluated for approval as a fruit fly free zone similar to the one in Sonora.
www.aphis.usda.gov /is/mexico/areai.htm   (1112 words)

  
 Baja California SUR :. Paradise Between two Seas
A journey through Baja California Sur will stimulate your senses and evoke overpowering emotions that will, you can be certain, push your imagination to the limits.
Regarded as one of the most sought-after tourist destinations in the world, the state of Baja California Sur has been designed exclusively to offer tourists un-heard of adventure, comfort and relaxation, and everlasting fun.
One of the most popular activities in Baja California Sur is sport fishing.
www.explorebajasur.com   (266 words)

  
 Ensenada Baja California News Gazette, an Newspaper in english
The third largest city in the State of Baja California, Ensenada is renowned for its fishing, seafood, canning and winemaking industries as well as its excellent restaurants, wide variety of accommodations, and ample array of shops featuring everything from Indian crafts to Mexican arts and European imports.
It extends south from La Mision to the 28th parallel (the border with the State of Baja California Sur), and has coastlines on both the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez.
The larger of Baja California's two national parks features the Mexican National Observatory situated northwest of the peninsula's highest peak, the 10,154 ft. Picacho del Diablo.
www.baja-web.com /ensenada/gazette/gz-points.htm   (1127 words)

  
 Baja California Sur, Mexico
Note: Baja California Sur has no official flag, but one in white charged with the coat of arms is broadly used:
It lays the Mexican state of Baja California (N); the Sea of Cortés or Gulf of California (E), and the Pacific Ocean (W).
The Baja California Peninsula is divided into two states, Baja California (Lower California) and Baja California Sur (Southern Lower California).
www.fotw.net /flags/mx-bcs.html   (266 words)

  
 Baja Information
It borders on Sonora to the northeast, Baja California Sur to the south and the North American state of California to the north.
This strip of land contains fertile valleys and gorgeous beaches; its terrestrial and marine life is extremely varied while its wines and seafood are among the best in the country.
Baja borders the State of California and San Diego is just a 30-minute to 1-hour drive away.
www.baja-relocation.com /information.htm   (395 words)

  
 Mexico Real Estate - Capital Gains Tax
The first one is the property tax called “predial” which is imposed by the municipality.
This tax is to be paid annually; in the event that the tax is not paid as the law stipulates one will pay at time of selling back taxes and interests.
Municipalities provide incentives such as discount for the ones who pay the “predial” in the early months of the year.
www.bajainsider.com /baja-business/capital-gains-mexico01.htm   (1084 words)

  
 Gimmi a Spring Break
Reality is that young Cabeños mix up easily with spring breakers while older foreign visitors tend to live in their sophisticated lifestyle without a real touch of the local scene.
As well they should be audited more often and their license should have a term of 10 years, not transferable to family members and revoked in case of mistakes or malicious transactions.
Baja California Sur annual GDP per capita is 7,820 USD.
www.baja.com /interactive/news/messages/106.htm   (540 words)

  
 Introducción Baja Balifornia Sur
The word California appeared for the first time in the novel, The Exploits of Esplandián, by Spanish writer Garci Ordóñez de Montalvo.
Thus, when one of the captains of Hernán Cortés heard of an island of pearls and gold, and inhabited by women, he imagined that it would be like the California mentioned in the novel by Garci Ordóñez.
The name was gradually modified and the peninsula received the name of Antigua California (Old California), and later, Baja California.
www.elbalero.gob.mx /pages_kids/geography/html/introbcs_kids.html   (255 words)

  
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In the proposal, we also proposed to declare Los Cabos and La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, as fruit fly-free areas, and to declare Belize and the Department of Peten, Guatemala, as areas free of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly).
Fruit Fly-free Areas Comment: It is likely impossible to know that Belize and the Department of Peten, Guatemala, are free of Medflies, and that all of Baja California Sur, Mexico, is free of fruit flies due to the physical impossibility of surveying the entire areas.
Given the recent detections in those areas, we are withdrawing our proposal to declare Los Cabos and La Paz as municipalities in Baja California Sur, Mexico, that are fruit fly-free under the regulations in Sec.
www.ceris.purdue.edu /napis/pests/ffmd/freg/fr010828.txt   (9274 words)

  
 Baja California, Mexico
It lays United States of America (N); the Mexican states of Sonora (NE), and Baja California Sur (S); the Sea of Cortés or Gulf California (E), and the Pacific Ocean (W).
I found an article about the emblems in the text of the constitution of the Mexican state of Baja California in http://www.georgetown.edu/LatAmerPolitical/Constitutions/constitutions.html.
"When Baja California reached statehood in 1953, it does not had a coat of arms for its own, thus, at the half of his administration, Governor Braulio Maldonado Sánchez called for a contest.
www.fotw.net /flags/mx-bca.html   (582 words)

  
 Building in Baja 3
But, you can get a pre-permit issued normally (again, depending on your Municipality) even sometime if you advise you local inspector you can normally get away for about two weeks ahead start, in the meanwhile the permit is being filed.
A Gringo (generally meaning an American) is walking down the beach and comes across a Baja fisherman lying in the shade next to his panga (small open boats) retired with a cerveza, before mid day.
The Baja Fisherman in final reply, takes another swig of his cerveza and offers one to the Gringo.
www.bajainsider.com /baja-real-estate/construction/building-baja-03.htm   (1252 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "new municipalities": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
2853), a substantial number of new municipalities had been created thanks to disagreements on road priorities within various townships and the egos and ambitions of elected road...
There was also an incentive to create new municipalities to increase the number of public positions available and significantly increase the amount of centrally provided resources for an area.
Unlike the Provincial and lection Assemblies, the new municipalities were thrown open to election from the start.
www.amazon.com /phrase/new-municipalities   (533 words)

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