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Puerto Balandra is an isolated, unpopulated coastal area with eight beaches, an interior salt lagoon and a rock formation called "El Hongo" (the mushroom) which has become the symbol of La Paz (Baja California Sur). [1] The area is about 25 km from La Paz on State Highway 11 on the way to Tecolote and faces the Gulf of California. [2]
La Paz is located on the Baja California peninsula on the Bay of La Paz, 210 kilometres (130 mi) south of Ciudad Constitución, municipality of Comondú, and 202 kilometres (126 mi) north of Cabo San Lucas, municipality of Los Cabos. It is located 81 kilometres (50 mi) north of the town of Todos Santos. Its geographical coordinates are 24°08 ...
These two islands, in the Gulf of California, are protected by UNESCO as biospheres. They are located a short boat ride from La Paz , which lies on the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico . It has a land area of 15.495 km (9.628 mi) and is part of the Municipality of La Paz in Baja California Sur .
Isla Espriritu Santo is located in the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), about 26 kilometres (16 mi) to its southern tip from the port city of La Paz, Mexico. Together with its sister island Isla Partida, the islands are a rock formation created by a series of violent earthquakes and volcanic activity. As such, volcanic ash and lava make up ...
La Paz is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Its area of 20,275 km 2 (7,828 sq mi) makes it the municipality in Mexico with the fourth-largest area. [1] It had a population of 290,286 inhabitants in the 2015 census. [2] Its municipal seat, also named La Paz, is the state capital.
The Our Lady of Peace Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Paz) [2] or La Paz Cathedral is a Catholic church in the center of the city of La Paz, Baja California Sur, [3] western Mexico [4] that is the seat of the Diocese of La Paz. It is located where the mission was founded by the Jesuits in the eighteenth century.
The landscape of the west coast of Cerralvo Island looking from a canyon towards La Ventana. It is 18 miles (29 km) long with a land area of 136.498 square kilometres (52.702 sq mi), and is the ninth-largest island in Mexico. The island is adjacent to the towns of El Sargento and La Ventana and is part of Municipality of La Paz.
The first Jesuit mission among the Guaycura was at La Paz and it was intended to serve not only as a missionary center, but as a rest and resupply stop for the Manila galleons returning from the Philippines. However, La Paz was a fractious area, contested by several Guaycura bands and the Pericú of southernmost Baja California.