BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR
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Baja California Sur
lies between the 22° 00' and 22°
30' north latitude.
It is on one of the longest peninsulas in the world.
Its only land
link to the rest of Mexico is the transpeninsular highway.
Baja California Sur is bounded on the
north by the
State of Baja California Norte, on the west by the Pacific Ocean,
and on the east by the
Cortes Sea (Gulf of California).
It has an area of 72,465
sq. km (27,978 sq. mi.), and includes several islands: del Carmen, San Jose, Ballena;
and Cerralvo in the Cortes Sea (Gulf of California); and Asuncion, Margarita and Creciente in
the Pacific Ocean.
Baja California Sur
has a population of approximately 424,041 inhabitants.
The name
"California" originated with Garci Ordoñez de Montalvo, who gave the name to an
imaginary country in his knight novel "Esplandian", sequel of "Amadis de
Galva" (Seville, 1510). However, there was also a mythical land named
"Califerne" in an earlier book by the title of "Chanson de Roland".
The peninsula was first
called California in about 1538, when Hernan Cortes returned from a journey to the
peninsula.
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