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Loreto is a city and municipal seat of Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, on the West Coast of Mexico. Located on the Gulf of California, the city had a population of 16,311 inhabitants in 2020. [ 1] Loreto is a regional economic and cultural center, as well as a major tourist destination on the Baja California Peninsula.
Bahía de Loreto National Park ( Spanish: Parque Nacional Bahía de Loreto) is a national park on the east coast of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico, about 203 kilometres (126 mi) north of the city of La Paz in the state of Baja California Sur. The park protects 2,065.81 square kilometres (797.61 sq mi) of relatively pristine marine ...
Loreto ( Spanish pronunciation: [loˈɾeto]) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It was created in 1992 from the partition of the neighboring Comondú Municipality. The municipal seat is in the town of Loreto, which was the former capital of Las Californias during Spanish colonial times.
Baja California. Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó, or Mission Loreto, was founded on October 25, 1697, at the Monqui Native American (Indian) settlement of Conchó in the city of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Established by the Catholic Church 's Jesuit missionary Juan María de Salvatierra, Loreto was the first successful ...
Loreto International Airport. / 25.98917°N 111.34833°W / 25.98917; -111.34833. Loreto International Airport ( Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Loreto) ( IATA: LTO, ICAO: MMLT) is an international airport located in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Serving as the principal gateway for both domestic and international air travel ...
Isla del Carmen (Baja California) / 25.977556°N 111.1539528°W / 25.977556; -111.1539528. Isla del Carmen is an island of 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres), located in the Gulf of California, in Loreto Municipality in the eastern portion of the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The island is protected within Loreto Bay National Park ...
Puerto Escondido is a large natural harbor in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is located in the Loreto Municipality 28 km south of Loreto, on Federal Highway 1 on the western shore of the Gulf of California . French architect and urban planner François Spoerry designed the neighborhood of Puerto Escondido, [ 1] but it was ...
Municipalities of Baja California Sur since 1992. Baja California Sur is a state in Northwest Mexico divided into five municipalities. [1] According to the 2020 Mexican census, Baja California Sur is the second least populous state with 798,447 inhabitants and the 11th largest by land area, spanning 73,909.4 square kilometres (28,536.6 sq mi).