Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur | |
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| Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur (Spanish) | |
| Nickname: El Acuario Del Mundo(The aquarium of the world) | |
| Anthem: Orgullo Sudcaliforniano | |
Baja California Sur within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 25°26′N 111°53′W / 25.44°N 111.88°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Capital and largest city | La Paz |
| Municipalities | 5 |
| Admission | 8 October 1974 |
| Order | 31st |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío |
| • Senators | Ricardo Velázquez Meza Jesús Lucía Trasviña Waldenrath María Guadalupe Saldaña Cisneros |
| • Deputies | |
| Area | |
• Total | 73,909 km2 (28,536 sq mi) |
| Ranked 9th | |
| Highest elevation | 2,080 m (6,820 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 798,447 |
| • Rank | 31st |
| • Density | 11/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 32nd |
| Demonym | Sudcaliforniano (a) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | MXN 262 billion (US$13.0 billion) (2022) |
| • Per capita | (US$15,556) (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| Postal code | 23 |
| Area code | |
| ISO 3166 code | MX-BCS |
| HDI | 0.815 very high Ranked 5th of 32 |
| Website | www |
Baja California Sur, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, is a state in Mexico. It is the 31st and last state to be admitted, in 1974. It is also the second least populated Mexican state and the ninth-largest state by area.
Before becoming a state on 8 October 1974, the area was known as the El Territorio Sur de Baja California ("South Territory of Lower California"). It has an area of 73,909 km2 (28,536 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, plus the uninhabited Rocas Alijos in the Pacific Ocean. 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. 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.