Comondú is a
municipality
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in the
Mexican state
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of
Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, is a state in Mexico. It is the 31st and last state to be admitted, in 1974. It is also the second least populated Mexican state and the ninth-largest state by ...
. It had a population of 73,021 inhabitants in 2020.
[2020 Comondú Census]
/ref> With a land area of 16,318.6 km2 (7,072.9 sq mi), it is the seventh-largest municipality in area in Mexico. The municipal seat is located in Ciudad Constitución
Ciudad Constitución is a city in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is the seat of the municipality of Comondú Municipality, Comondú. As of 2020, the city had a total population of 43,805 inhabitants. Ciudad Constitución is a small ...
.
The Spanish
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missions of San José de Comondú and San Luis Gonzaga are located in this municipality. The Rocas Alijos, a group of tiny uninhabited rocks that are 300 km west off the coast, are part of the municipality.
Politics
The Municipality of Comondú was one of the first three municipalities created in the then Federal South Territory of Baja California as part of a presidential decree of 1971, after a constitutional amendment allowing the creation and election of local councils in the territory, hitherto divided into political delegations. Dated January 1, 1972 Comondú was formally the first City Council. The township government rests with the council; it consists of the Mayor, a trustee and a council composed of fourteen aldermen; the city council is elected for a period of three years by popular vote (direct and secret), starting every April 30 of the election year.
As of March 1, 2021, the municipality reported 1,740 recoveries, 26 active cases, and 158 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
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Demographics
As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 73,031.[
The municipality had 589 localities, the largest of which (with 2020 populations in parentheses) were: ]Ciudad Constitución
Ciudad Constitución is a city in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is the seat of the municipality of Comondú Municipality, Comondú. As of 2020, the city had a total population of 43,805 inhabitants. Ciudad Constitución is a small ...
(43,805 hab.), Ciudad Insurgentes
Ciudad Insurgentes is a city in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is the second-largest community in the municipality of Comondú and is located 250 kilometers north of La Paz, Baja California Sur, and 175 kilometers south of Lore ...
(9,133 hab.), Puerto San Carlos (5,742 hab.), classified as urban, and Puerto Adolfo López Mateos (2,227 hab.), Villa Ignacio Zaragoza (1,304 hab.), and Villa Morelos (1,189 hab.), classified as rural.
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The largest and smallest municipalities in area
(INAFED)
Municipalities of Baja California Sur
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