Los Cabos Municipality
Los Cabos | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Location of Los Cabos on Baja California Sur's tip. | |
| Kintra | Mexico |
| State | Baja California Sur |
| Municipal seat | San José del Cabo |
| Lairgest ceety | San José del Cabo |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 238,487 |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Los Cabos is a municipality locatit at the soothren tip o Mexico's Baja California Peninsulae, in the state o Baja California Sur. It encompasses the touns o Cabo San Lucas an San José del Cabo (the municipal seat), as well as the Resort Corridor that lees atween the twa. The aurie's economy, like mony resort auries in Mexico, wis based on fishing but is nou geared towards tourism, though sport fishin an gowf are the aurie's main attractions. An aw the tourist can enjoy watchin whales who come tae visit this aurie tae spend the winter in the wairm watters.
The municipality haed a population o 238,487 inhabitants accordin tae the 2010 census. It haes an aurie o 3,451.51 square kilometre (1,332.64 sq mi).
The annual average temperatur is 78 °F (26 °C). Frae October tae Aprile the temperatur is atween 78 °F (26 °C) an 82 °F (28 °C) durin the day an atween 57 °F (14 °C) an 62 °F (17 °C) at nicht. The rest o the year temperaturs mey go ower 100 °F (38 °C) durin the day an atween 70 °F (21 °C) an 85 °F (29 °C) at nicht. Los Cabos is said tae hae ower 300–350 sunny days per year, wi a rainfaw rate of less nor 10 inches (25 cm), which maistly comes durin the hurricane saison frae August tae October.
El Arco, commonly cried "the Arch," is a real reference point in Los Cabos an is anerlie reachable bi boat, UNESCO recently declared the Airch a Warld Heritage Steid. Juist sooth o the Airch is Land's End, a rock that juts ower the watter. This is the last instance o land in Cabo markin the end of Baja California an the beginnin o continuous open watters soothwaird.
On 18 Juin 2012, Los Cabos hostit the G20 summit.
Commonties
[eedit | eedit soorce]The lairgest localities (ceeties, touns, an veelages) are:[1]
| Name | 2010 Census Population |
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| San José del Cabo | 69,788 |
| Cabo San Lucas | 68,463 |
| Colonia del Sol | 48,032 |
| Las Palmas | 11,562 |
| Las Veredas | 10,478 |
| San José Viejo | 7,222 |
| La Ribera | 2,050 |
| San Bernabé | 1,794 |
| La Playa | 1,417 |
| Miraflores | 1,384 |
| Total Municipality | 238,487 |
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "2010 census tables: INEGI". Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 16 Juin 2012.
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
- Baja California Sur Archived 2005-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal (INAFED)
- Los Cabos blog article Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Informative website about Los Cabos
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- iCabo.com Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Los Cabos Information an Directory
- GoCabo.travel Archived 2012-07-02 at the Wayback Machine Cabo Reviews, Photos, an Information.
- Best of Cabo Los Cabos Visitors Guide Online.
- Ayuntamiento de Los Cabos Official municipal government website.
- Los Cabos Baja Archived 2017-09-19 at the Wayback Machine Los Cabos Travel an livin guide.
- Cabopedia Los Cabos encyclopedia.
- Cabo Town Archived 2012-06-24 at the Wayback Machine La comunidad Cabeña.
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