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Baja California Sur, Mexico

Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur / Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur

Last modified: 2005-09-24 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Note: Baja California Sur has no official flag, but one in white charged with the coat of arms is broadly used:

Baja California Sur unofficial white flag 4:7[Non-official proportions]
[Defacto flag]
[One or more variants under the same basic design]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 06, 2001.
See: Coat of arms on white background (unofficial flag)


See: Other sites:
  • Baja California Sur (official state website)
    reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, January 19, 2002

Presentation of Baja California Sur:

  • Official name: Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur / Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur
  • Shor-form names: Estado de Baja California Sur / State of Baja California Sur; Baja California Sur
  • Location: Northwest of Mexico, south of the Baja California Peninsula. It lays the Mexican state of Baja California (N); the Sea of Cortés or Gulf of California (E), and the Pacific Ocean (W).
  • Area: 73,677 km2
  • Municipalities: 4
  • Population: 379,000 inhabitants
  • Capital: La Paz (Pop.: 91,000)
  • Statehood: October 8, 1974
  • Arms adopted: Unknow date.

INEGI and SEP
Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 06, 2001.


The Baja California Peninsula

The Baja California Peninsula is divided into two states, Baja California (Lower California) and Baja California Sur (Southern Lower California).
Pascal Vagnat, 03 Jul 1996


Coat of arms