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Baja California
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This airticle is aboot the Mexican state. For the peninsula, see Baja California peninsula. For ither uisses, see Baja_California_(disambiguation).
Baja California[10] (Spainish pronunciation: [ˈbaxa kaliˈfornja]; Scots: Lawer Californie) offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Lawer Californie) is ane o the 31 states which, wi Mexico Ceety-the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is the northwastmaist state o Mexico, but afore becomin a state in 1953, the aurie wis kent as the North Territory o Baja California. It haes an aurie o 70,113 km2 (27,071 sq mi), or 3.57% o the land mass o Mexico an comprises the northren hauf o the Baja California peninsulae, north o the 28t parallel.
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Baja California Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California | |
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Anthem: Canto a Baja California | |
![]() State o Baja California athin Mexico | |
Kintra | Mexico |
Caipital | Mexicali |
Lairgest Ceety | Tijuana |
Municipalities | 5 |
Admission | 16 Januar 1952[1] |
Order | 29t |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Francisco Vega de Lamadrid ![]() |
• Senators[2] | Alejandro González ![]() Rafael Díaz ![]() Fernando Castro Trenti ![]() |
• Deputies[3] | Federal Deputies
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Area | |
• Total | 70113 km2 (27,071 sq mi) |
Ranked 12t | |
Highest elevation | 3100 m (10,200 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2010)[6] | |
• Total | 3,155,070 |
• Rank | 14t |
• Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 19t |
Demonym(s) | Bajacaliforniano(a) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT[a]) |
Postal code | 21, 22 |
Aurie code | Aurie codes
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ISO 3166 code | MX-BCN |
HDI | ![]() |
GDP | US$ 23.03 billion.[b] |
Website | Official Web Site |
^ a. 2010 an later, Baja California is the anerlie state tae uise the USA DST schedule state wide, while the rest o Mexico (except for sma portions o ither northren staes) stairts DST 3-4 weeks later an ends DST ane week earlier)[7] ^ b. The state's GDP wis 294.8 billion o pesos in 2008,[8] amoont correspondin tae 23.03 billion o dollars, being a dollar wirth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[9] |
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