El Rosario is a town in

San Quintín Municipality San Quintín is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its municipal seat is located in the city of San Quintín, Baja California. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 117,568 inhabitants. The municipality has an ...

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

, located on the

Pacific Coast of Mexico The Pacific Coast of Mexico or West Coast of Mexico stretches along the coasts of western Mexico at the Pacific Ocean and its Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez). Geography Baja California Peninsula On the western Baja California Peninsula coas ...

. The census of 2010 reported a population of 1,704 inhabitants.

Geography

El Rosario is a small town on the west coast of the state of

on Highway 1, 61 km south of San Quintín and 119 km north of

Cataviña Cataviña is a town in San Quintín Municipality, Baja California. Geography It is located 118 km (74 mi) south of El Rosario and 106 km (66 mi) north of the junction of Federal Highway 12 to Bahía de los Ángeles. It is a ...

Economy

The town historically has been primarily fishing and agricultural, with the major crop being onions. Other local crops include chilies, alfalfa, potatoes, and beans. There are several nearby fishing camps at Punta Baja and

Isla San Jerónimo Isla San Jerónimo, is an island in the Pacific Ocean on the west side of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is part of the large Ensenada Municipality and accessed from Punta Baja near the community of El Rosario, Baja California. Biolog ...

. Bocana Beach (Spanish: ''La Bocana'') is located approximately 5 miles west of El Rosario through the Arroyo and over the dunes.

Tourism

The town is located on

Mexican Federal Highway 1 Federal Highway 1 ( es, Carretera Federal 1, Fed. 1) is a free (libre) part of the federal highway corridors () of Mexico, and the highway follows the length of the Baja California Peninsula from Tijuana, Baja California, in the north to ...

and also a stop on the

Baja 1000 The Baja 1000 is an annual Mexican off-road motorsport race held on the Baja California Peninsula. It is one of the most prestigious off-road races in the world, having attracted competitors from six continents. The race was founded by Ed Pearl ...

racing event. There are several markets in El Rosario, ranging from mini-markets and meat markets to traditional markets and liquor stores. The town is one of many locations in Baja California visited by bird watchers, due to bird migration patterns. The

Aplopappus vernicosus ''Hazardia vernicosa'' is a Mexican species of shrub in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the state of Baja California in northwestern Mexico, specifically near El Rosario. It has not been found in the United States although one o ...

is a Mexican species of

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

, that has been found almost exclusively in this town. Just outside of the town of El Rosario (approximately 13 miles south) is the ''Las Pintas,'' a site for petroglyphs which dates back to over 2,000 years ago. There is also a nearby petrified forest.

Missions

* Misión de El Rosario de Arriba *

Misión Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Viñadaco Mission Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Viñadaco ( es, Misión Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Viñadaco), also known as Misión El Rosario, was the first Dominican mission in Baja California, established in 1774 by Vicente M ...

* Misión de El Rosario de Abajo, now in ruins.

References

External links

{{Authority control Populated places in Baja California San Quintín Municipality