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Baja California

Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California
Banner o Baja California
Banner
Official seal of Baja California
Seal
Anthem: Canto a Baja California
State o Baja California athin Mexico
State o Baja California athin Mexico
KintraMexico
CaipitalMexicali
Lairgest CeetyTijuana
Municipalities5
Admission16 Januar 1952[1]
Order29t
Govrenment
 • GovrenorFrancisco Vega de Lamadrid PAN
 • Senators[2]Alejandro González PAN
Rafael Díaz PAN
Fernando Castro Trenti PRI
 • Deputies[3]
Area
 • Total70113 km2 (27,071 sq mi)
 Ranked 12t
Highest elevation3100 m (10,200 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2010)[6]
 • Total3,155,070
 • Rank14t
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
 • Density rank19t
Demonym(s)Bajacaliforniano(a)
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT[a])
Postal code
21, 22
Aurie code
ISO 3166 codeMX-BCN
HDIIncrease 0.868 high Ranked 4th
GDPUS$ 23.03 billion.[b]
WebsiteOfficial Web Site
^ a. 2010 an later, Baja California is the anerlie state tae uise the USA DST schedule state wide, while the rest o Mexico (except for sma portions o ither northren staes) stairts DST 3-4 weeks later an ends DST ane week earlier)[7] ^ b. The state's GDP wis 294.8 billion o pesos in 2008,[8] amoont correspondin tae 23.03 billion o dollars, being a dollar wirth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[9]

Baja California[10] (Spainish pronunciation: [ˈbaxa kaliˈfornja]; Scots: Lawer Californie) offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Lawer Californie) is ane o the 31 states which, wi Mexico Ceety-the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is the northwastmaist state o Mexico, but afore becomin a state in 1953, the aurie wis kent as the North Territory o Baja California. It haes an aurie o 70,113 km2 (27,071 sq mi), or 3.57% o the land mass o Mexico an comprises the northren hauf o the Baja California peninsulae, north o the 28t parallel.

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Notes
  1. "Transformación Política de Territorio Norte de la Baja California a Estado 29" (in Spanish). Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 6 Mairch 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link) (in Spaingie)
  2. "Senadores por Baja California LXI Legislatura". Senado de la Republica. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  3. "Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Baja California". Camara de Diputados. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  4. "Medio Físico del Estado de Baja California". e-local.gob.mx. Archived frae the original on 8 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  5. Saldierna, J. F. Mexico y sus estados. Editorial Emán. p. 68. Cite has empty unkent parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. "Proyecciones de la población de México 2005–2050". Consejo Nacional de Población. Archived frae the original on 13 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  7. Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2010
  8. "Sistema de Cuantas Nacionales de Mexico" (PDF). 2010. p. 40. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  9. "Reporte: Jueves 3 de Junio del 2010. Cierre del peso mexicano". www.pesomexicano.com.mx. Archived frae the original on 8 Juin 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  10. Sometimes informally referred tae as Baja California Norte tae distinguish it frae baith the Baja California peninsulae, o which it forms the northren hauf, an Baja California Sur, the adjacent state that covers the soothren hauf o the peninsulae. While it is a well-established term for the northren hauf o the Baja California peninsulae, housomeivver, its uisage wad no be correct, acause Baja California Norte haes niver existit as a poleetical designation for a state, territory, destrict or region.

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