La Misión or Misión de San Miguel is a village in
Baja California
Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
located on
Mexican Federal Highway 1
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approximately south of the San Ysidro border crossing on the
Gold Coast of the
Baja California peninsula. The census of 2010 reported a population of 920 inhabitants. The small town of Primo Tapia, located north, is the closest town to La Misión. Puerto Nuevo, known for their lobster restaurants, is north of the village. La Mision is so small, it is often simply referred to as "K-44" or "kilometro 44", which is its nearest highway marker. The port city of
Ensenada is south of La Misión while the town of Rosarito is north.
The ruins of
Misión San Miguel Arcángel de la Frontera can be found near the center of the village.
Climate
References
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2010 census tables: INEGI
External links
Door of Faith Orphanage
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Cities in Ensenada Municipality