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El Mogote is the location of Paraiso del Mar, a resort development on 688 hectares (1,700 acres) on the eastern portion of the peninsula. The development, begun in 2005, was planned to include over 3,000 homes and condominiums, two golf courses, a marina, a town plaza and various other amenities.
Baja California Sur, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, [b] is the least populated state and the 31st and last state to be admitted to Mexico, in 1974. It is also the ninth-largest Mexican state in terms of area.
Hotel California . More recently, there has been a gradual increase in tourist activity and a boom in real estate development. Handicraft shops, owner-operated art galleries featuring landscape paintings of local scenes (some artists from Guadalajara and other parts of Mexico also exhibit works in Todos Santos), upscale restaurants, boutique hotels and restored colonial buildings have ...
Although not formally a state, Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México), the capital city of United Mexican States and a metropolitan area within the State of Mexico since February 5, 2016. The current Mexican governmental publications usually lists 32 federative entity (31 states and Mexico City), and 2,478 municipalities (includes the 16 ...
The entire peninsula of Baja California is an area with one of the lowest precipitation rates in the world. Rain is rare but usually occurs between December and March, and hurricanes are occasionally a major threat to the Mulegé area. There is a saying in Baja California: "It never rains in Baja, but if it rains, it pours."
Rancho Leonero (est. 1986) is a Mexican vacation resort located on the East Cape of Baja California Sur, approximately 60 miles Northeast of Cabo San Lucas. Description [ edit ]
In the 1940s and 1950s, Tecate was the chief grape growing region in northern Baja. L.A. Cetto, a winery in Tijuana, produced more than 70 percent of all wines consumed in Mexico. [29] As the border cities grew, however, vineyards became crowded out and the center of Mexican viticulture moved south to the Valle de Guadalupe.
It belongs to the larger area of El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve; it is separated from the mainland of the Baja California Peninsula by the Vizcaíno Desert. Infrastructural developments, like the completion of the Vizcaíno-Bahía Tortugas Highway recently allowed for better integration of the traditionally secluded area (Punta Eugenia can be ...