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Cabo San Lucas
C abo San Lucas (Cape Saint Luke), com- is known for its beaches, scuba diving loca- logical excavations have shown evidence of
monly called Cabo in American Eng- tions, the sea arch El Arco de Cabo San Lucas, continual human habitation in the area for at
lish, is a city at the southern tip of the Baja and marine life. The Los Cabos Corridor has least ten thousand years. When the first Eu-
California peninsula, in the Mexican state of become a heavily trafficked holiday destina- ropeans arrived, they encountered the Pericú
Baja California Sur. As of 2010, the city had a tion for tourists, with numerous resorts and people, who survived on a subsistence diet
population of 68,463. Cabo has been rated as timeshares along the coast between Cabo based on hunting and the gathering of seeds,
one of Mexico’s top 5 tourist destinations; it San Lucas and San José Del Cabo. Archaeo- roots, shellfish, and other marine resources.
