San Quintín is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the Mexican
state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
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 ...
. Its municipal seat is located in the city of
San Quintín, Baja California
is a city in San Quintín Municipality, Baja California, located on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The city had a population of 4777 in 2011. San Quintín is an important agricultural center for Baja California.
History
In the early 1800s the ...
. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 117,568 inhabitants.
The municipality has an area of 32,883.93 km
2 (12,696.55 sq mi). There are a few National Parks and a World Heritage Site at
Bahia de Los Angeles.
History
On 27 February 2020 San Quintin separated from the municipality of
Ensenada, and became Baja California's sixth municipality.
Administrative divisions
The municipality is divided into 8 delegations:
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Camalú
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Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (; baptized 10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was a Mexican military officer from 1810–1821 and a statesman who became the nation's second president in 1829. He was one of the leading generals who fought ag ...
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San Quintín
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El Rosario
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El Mármol
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Punta Prieta
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Bahía de los Ángeles
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Villa Jesús María.
Localities
The municipality is made up of many localities. Its urban localities in 2010 were:
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Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revo ...
(16,294)
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Vicente Guerrero
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (; baptized 10 August 1782 – 14 February 1831) was a Mexican military officer from 1810–1821 and a statesman who became the nation's second president in 1829. He was one of the leading generals who fought ag ...
(11,455)
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Camalú (8,621)
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Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; 8 August 1879 – 10 April 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the insp ...
(5,756)
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San Quintín (4,777)
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Colonia Lomas de San Ramón (Triquis) (3,805)
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Ejido Papalote (3,413)
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Colonia Nueva Era (3,256)
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Colonia Santa Fe (2,632)
References
Populated places in Baja California
Municipalities of Baja California
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