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San Felipe (Kiliwa: Juwiy mja') [2] is a coastal city in San Felipe Municipality, Baja California, located on the Gulf of California. [3] The population of San Felipe was reported as 17,143 inhabitants in the 2020 Mexican Census. [ 1 ]
San Felipe is the newest municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. Inaugurated on 1 January 2022, it is located approximately 190 kilometres (120 mi) south of Mexicali , the state capital.
The name Bobulon was changed to San Felipe when it was founded in 1853. As to how the town of San Felipe got its present name, the most reliable fact learned so far was that four “saintly” brothers from Ilocandia, namely Marcelino, Antonio, Narciso and Felipe settled in the about to be organized pueblos which were later named San Marcelino, San Antonio, San Narciso and San Felipe.
San Felipe was founded by Francisco de Velasco on January 21, 1562, by orders of viceroy Luís de Velasco. The city was founded with the name of San Felipe in honor of King Philip II of Spain. In 1889 the name of the city was changed to "Ciudad González" in honor of the then governor of Guanajuato, Manuel González.
San Felipe (/ ˌ s æ n f ɪ ˈ l iː p / SAN fi-LEEP), also known as San Felipe de Austin, is a town in Austin County, Texas, United States.The town was the social, economic, and political center of the early Stephen F. Austin colony.
San Felipe de Austin's population approached 600 in 1835, and many more settlers lived nearby. San Felipe de Austin played an important role in the events of the Texas Revolution . The Texian conventions of 1832 and 1833 and the Consultation assembly of 1835 were all held there. [ 4 ]
1787 – An earthquake damages the structure of both San Felipe del Morro and San Cristóbal. [14] 1797 – General Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Henry Harvey, with a force of 7,000–13,000 men, invaded the island of Puerto Rico. Captain General Don Ramón de Castro and his forces repelled the attack. Abercromby and Harvey were defeated.
The Okeechobee hurricane of 1928, also known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane, was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the recorded history of the North Atlantic basin, and the fourth deadliest hurricane in the United States, only behind the 1900 Galveston hurricane, 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane, and Hurricane Maria.