Baja California Sur, officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur, is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal entities which comprise the 31 States of Mexico. It is also the ninth-largest Mexican state in terms of area.
California women, probably Pericúes, 1726
La Paz in 1632.
Misión San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó drawing circa 1700
Marines raising the American flag over La Paz after the surprise Battle of La Paz near Mexican–American War end. 1847.
Baja California peninsula
The Baja California peninsula is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico. It separates the Gulf of California from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula extends from Mexicali, Baja California, in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, in the south.
Satellite image of the Baja California peninsula
Isla Partida, which is part of the San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park
Port of Cabo San Lucas
Baja California as seen in April 1984, from the bay of a Space Shuttle (STS-41-C)