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Mulegé is a city in Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, situated on the Gulf of California. Located on the Gulf of California, the population was 3,834 according to the Mexican census of 2020. History Indigenous peoples have lived in this area for thousands of years due to the abundance of water in the river valley. Extensive ancient cave paintings can be found in the nearby Sierra de Guadalupe mountains. In 1702, Jesuit Father Juan Maria de Salvatierra identified the valley of today's Mulegé as a place for a mission to the Indians. It was not until 1754 that Father Francisco Escalante started the construction of the mission, called Misión Santa Rosalía de Mulegé. Years later, many other Jesuit fathers came into today's area of Mulegé to bring the Catholic faith and convert the natives to Catholicism. The official name of the town is "Heroica Mulegé." This title is based on incidents during the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848. The Americans tried to occupy ...
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Cities In Mexico
This is a list of the Top 100 cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2020 Censo General de Población y Vivienda, 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". Mexican localities are contained within the higher-level administrative division of Municipalities of Mexico, municipalities. This list does not consider the entire population of metropolitan areas and is limited by political boundaries within each municipality or state. Popular ...
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Hurricane John (2006)
Hurricane John was a Category 4 hurricane that caused heavy flooding and extensive damage across most of the Pacific coast of Mexico in late August through early September 2006. John was the eleventh named storm, seventh hurricane, and fifth major hurricane of the 2006 Pacific hurricane season. Hurricane John developed on August 28 from a tropical wave to the south of Mexico. Favorable conditions allowed the storm to intensify quickly, and it attained peak winds of on August 30. Eyewall replacement cycles and land interaction with western Mexico weakened the hurricane, and John made landfall on southeastern Baja California Sur with winds of on September 1. It slowly weakened as it moved northwestward through the Baja California peninsula, and dissipated on September 4. Moisture from the remnants of the storm entered the southwest United States. The hurricane threatened large portions of the western coastline of Mexico, resulting in the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. ...
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Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. It does not require the user to transmit any data, and operates independently of any telephone or Internet reception, though these technologies can enhance the usefulness of the GPS positioning information. It provides critical positioning capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world. Although the United States government created, controls, and maintains the GPS system, it is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver. Overview The GPS project was started by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1973. The first prototype spacecraft was launched in 1978 an ...
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Loreto International Airport
Loreto International Airport (Spanish: ''Aeropuerto Internacional de Loreto'') is an international airport located in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Serving as the principal gateway for both domestic and international air travel to Loreto, a popular tourist destination situated on the Baja California Peninsula, the airport facilitates nonstop flights to western Mexico, the United States, and Canada. In addition, it supports various activities in general and executive aviation, as well as flight training. Operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, Loreto Airport reported handling 169,228 passengers in 2023, increasing slightly to 173,927 in 2024. Facilities Loreto Airport is situated at an elevation of above mean sea level, with its grounds adjacent to the coast. The airport's infrastructure consists of one passenger terminal and a single runway designated as 16/34, measuring in length. The apron is equipped with 3 aircraft stands designated for the disembarkation ...
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Palo Verde Airport
Palo Verde Airport is a paved airstrip located in San Bruno, a town 30 km south of Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar .... The airstrip is also known as "Chivato Bay" and the CIB code is used as its identifier. It handles aviation for the city of Santa Rosalía. References External links Fallingrain.com: SRL—Palo Verde Airport Airports in Baja California Sur Mulegé Municipality {{Mexico-airport-stub ...
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Punta San Pedro Airstrip
Punta San Pedro Airstrip or Bahía Concepción Airstrip is a dirt airstrip in Municipality of Mulegé, Baja California Sur state, Mexico. It is located south of Mulegé on Mexican Federal Highway 1, in the Bahía Concepción area. The airstrip is used solely for general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other ... purposes. See also * ---- Airports in Baja California Sur Mulegé Municipality {{Mexico-airport-stub ...
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Mulegé Airstrip
Mulegé Airstrip or Mulegé Municipal Airstrip is a public dirt airstrip located northeast of the town of Mulegé, in the Municipality of Mulegé, Baja California Sur state, northwest Mexico. It is on the north bank of the Mulegé River, from the Gulf of California coast. The airstrip is used solely for general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other ... purposes. It is a secondary airport to the El Gallito Airstrip, which is the most used, due to better quality installations and safety conditions External links MMMG Airport.MUG at Flightstats.Mulegé Municipal Photo. Airports in Baja California Sur Mulegé Municipality {{Mexico-airport-stub ...
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El Gallito Airstrip
El Gallito Airstrip is a privately owned public-use dirt airstrip at Hotel Serenidad, located 2 miles south of Mulegé, Municipality of Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico, just on the Gulf of California coast. The airstrip is used solely for general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other ... purposes. External linksOfficial El Gallito Airstrip websiteBaja Bush Pilots forum: Mulegé airstrips
Airports in Baja California Sur
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Cabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas (, "Luke the Evangelist, Saint Luke Cape (geography), Cape"), also known simply as Cabo, is a Resort town, resort city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, in the Mexican Political divisions of Mexico, state of Baja California Sur. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 202,694.2020 Census of Mexico. Cabo San Lucas and the neighboring San José del Cabo are collectively known as Los Cabos. Together, they form a metropolitan area of 351,111 inhabitants.2020 Census of Mexico. Rated as one of Mexico's top tourist destinations, Cabo San Lucas is known for its beaches, scuba diving locations, Balnearios, the sea arch El Arco de Cabo San Lucas, and marine life. The Los Cabos Corridor has become a heavily trafficked Tourism, vacation destination for tourists, with numerous resorts and timeshares along the coast between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo. The waters around Cabo are home to a variety of marine wildlife including Batoidea, r ...
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Tijuana
Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most populous city in northern Mexico. It is just south of California and it has a close proximity to the Mexico–United States border which is part of the San Diego–Tijuana metro area. Tijuana is the Largest cities in the Americas, 27th largest city in the Americas and is the westernmost city in Mexico. As of 2024, the population of Tijuana has increased to 2,297,000, reflecting a growth of 1.63% since 2023. The city was List of cities in Mexico, second-largest nationally with 1,810,645 inhabitants. The international metropolitan region was estimated at 5,158,459 in 2016, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in The Californias, List of the largest metropolitan areas in the Americas, 19th-largest metropolitan area in the Americas, and t ...
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Mexican Federal Highway 1
Federal Highway 1 (, Fed. 1) is a toll-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 Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, in the south. The road connects with ''Via Rapida'', which merges into the American Interstate 5 (I-5) at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, which crosses the international border south of San Ysidro, California. Fed. 1 is often called the ''Carretera Transpeninsular'' (Transpeninsular Highway) and runs a length of from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas. Most of its course, particularly south of Ensenada, is as a two-lane rural highway. Completed in 1973, Fed. 1's official name is the Benito Juárez Transpeninsular Highway (), named in honor of Mexico's president during the country's 1860s invasion by France. Route description The road begins in the border city of Tijuana, where it continues northward as Interstate 5 ...
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Hurricane Odile (2014)
Hurricane Odile is tied for the most intense landfalling tropical cyclone in the Baja California Peninsula during the weather satellite, satellite era. Sweeping across the peninsula in September 2014, Odile inflicted widespread damage, particularly in the States of Mexico, state of Baja California Sur, in addition to causing lesser impacts on the Mexican mainland and Southwestern United States. The precursor to Odile tropical cyclogenesis, developed into a tropical depression south of Mexico on September 10 and quickly reached tropical storm strength. After meandering for several days, Odile began to track northwestward, intensifying to hurricane status before rapidly reaching its Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, Category 4 hurricane peak intensity on September 14. The cyclone slightly weakened before making landfall near Cabo San Lucas with winds of 125 mph (205 km/h). Odile gradually weakened as it tracked across the length of the Baja Califo ...
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