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San Quintín, Baja California
San Quintín is a city in San Quintín Municipality, Baja California, located on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The city had a population of 4777 in 2011. San Quintín is an important agricultural center for Baja California. The city is also an emerging tourist destination, known for its sand dunes and beaches. History In the 1880s, a British land company with plans for a wheat empire purchased much of the San Quintín area from the US–based International Land Company (ILC); at the time, ILC owned most of northern Baja. In response to promises of agricultural wealth, around a hundred English colonists purchased subdivided land tracts from the parent company, planted wheat, and constructed a gristmill. For flour transportation, the English built a pier on inner Bahiá San Quintín and began constructing a railway to link up with the Southern Pacific tracks to the north in California. Thirty kilometers of track were laid, including a rail causeway from the west bank of inner Bahiá ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Mexico
This is a list of the Top 100 cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2020 Mexican National Census. According to Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), a locality is "any place settled with one or more dwellings, which may or may not be inhabited, and which is known by a name given by law or tradition". Urban localities are those with more than 2,500 residents, which can be designated as cities, villages or towns according to the laws of each state. The National Urban System, compiled by the National Population Council (CONAPO) in 2018, identifies 401 urban localities in Mexico with more than 15,000 residents as "cities". This list does not consider the entire population of metropolitan areas and is limited by political boundaries within each municipality or state. To see the full cities of Mexico go to Metropolitan areas of Mexico. Top 100 cities by population Only one state (Tlaxcala) has no cities in the Top 100. Mexico City conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro De Gobierno, San Quintín, BC, Mexico (cropped)
Centro may refer to: Places Brazil * Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil *Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *, a neighborhood of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Centro, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *Centro (São Paulo), the historic downtown of São Paulo, Brazil *, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil Mexico *Centro, Guadalajara Zona Centro is the historic center of Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Features The area includes many tourist attractions, including Guadalajara Cathedral, the Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres, and the surrounding plazas: Pl ..., Jalisco, Mexico *Centro, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico *Centro Municipality, Tabasco, Mexico *Centro (borough), Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico *Centro, Yucatán, Mexico *Centro, the historic center of Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
