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The Arcos de San Felipe. Temperatures in San Felipe average approximately 24 °C year-round. [citation needed] San Felipe is located in a unique ecosystem, where the desert meets the sea. Temperatures range from a nocturnal winter low of 4 to 46 °C (39 to 115 °F) in the shade during July and August.
The municipality is situated in the San Felipe Desert, which is located in the rain shadow formed by the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir to its west, and is the most arid region of North America. [3] Picacho del Diablo , the highest point in Baja California at 3,095 metres (10,154 ft), lies within the municipality. [ 4 ]
This is a list of the largest cities in Baja California.Populations are 2005 National Population Council (CONAPO) estimates. [1] The following list includes information of cities from the Baja California municipalities of Mexicali, Ensenada, Playas de Rosarito, Tijuana and Tecate.
The Sonoran Desert extends into the northeastern portion of the state, east of the Sierra Juárez and Sierra San Pedro Mártir ranges. The Baja California desert extends west of the Peninsular Ranges along the Pacific side of the peninsula for most of its length, and includes the El Vizcaíno Desert and El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve.
The Baja California desert (Spanish: desierto de Baja California) is a desert ecoregion of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. [2] This ecoregion occupies the western portion of the Baja California peninsula, and occupies most of the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and Baja California. It covers 77,700 square kilometers (30,000 square miles).
Baja California, [a] [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, [c] is a state in Mexico.It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. . Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California (Territorio Norte de Baja Californ
The sanctioning body's premier series is the SCORE World Desert Championship, which consists of four races in Baja California peninsula: the San Felipe 250, Baja 500, Baja 400, and Baja 1000. [ 3 ] Race format
Isla San Luis is an island in the Gulf of California east of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the San Felipe Municipality . Biology