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Baja California Sur
B aja California Sur, officially Free and Sov- it is found, Baja (Lower) California, with the fornia (El Territorio Sur de Baja California)
ereign State of Baja California Sur is the term “Sur” meaning “south.” The name Cali- and occupies the southern half of the Baja
second smallest Mexican state by popula- fornia applied to this peninsula along with California peninsula, south of the 28th par-
tion and the 31st admitted state of the 31 the area now known as the state of Califor- allel. It is bordered to the north by the state
states which, with the Federal District, make nia in the United States. Before becoming of Baja California, to the west by the Pacific
up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The a state on October 8, 1974, the area was Ocean, and to the east by the Gulf of Cali-
state is named after the peninsula on which known as the South Territory of Baja Cali- fornia, also known as the “Sea of Cortés”.
