Puerto Cortés is a small settlement on
Isla Santa Margarita, off the
Pacific
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coast of the
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
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 is part of the municipality of
Comondú. There is a
naval
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base there. It is sometimes used as a
breakpoint
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More generally, a breakpoint is a means o ...
in metereological reports. The 2010 census reported no official resident population.
Juan Suby, a member of the
Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
The Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in English, Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame), commonly called the Salón de la Fama (Hall of Fame) is a baseball hall of fame and museum located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, inaugurated on 10 ...
, was born in Puerto Cortés.
See also
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Puerto Cortés Airstrip
Puerto Cortés Airstrip is the military dirt airstrip of Puerto Cortés Naval Base, located on the East side of Isla Santa Margarita, on the coast of Magdalena Bay, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Isla Margarita is a Pacific Ocean ...
References
External links
2010 census tables: INEGIPuerto Cortés
(Maplandia)
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Comondú Municipality
Populated places in Baja California Sur
Populated coastal places in Mexico
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