Baja California (state)
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Baja California Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California |
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| Free and Sovereign State of Baja California | |||
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| Anthem: Canto a Baja California | |||
 State of Baja California within Mexico |
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| Coordinates: 30°00′N 115°10′W / 30.000°N 115.167°WCoordinates: 30°00′N 115°10′W / 30.000°N 115.167°W | |||
| Country | Mexico | ||
| Capital | Mexicali | ||
| Largest City | Tijuana | ||
| Municipalities | 5 | ||
| Admission | 16 January 1952 | ||
| Order | 29th | ||
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| • Governor |
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| • Senators |
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 71,450 km2 (27,590 sq mi) | ||
| Ranked 12th | |||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 3,315,766 | ||
| • Rank | 14th | ||
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) | ||
| • Density rank | 19th | ||
| Demonym(s) | Bajacaliforniano(a) | ||
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | ||
| Postal code | 21, 22 | ||
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| ISO 3166 code | MX-BCN | ||
| HDI |
 0.765 high Ranked 7th
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| GDP | US$23.03 billion. | ||
| Website | Official Web Site | ||
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^ a. 2010 and later, Baja California is the only state to use the USA DST schedule state wide, while the rest of Mexico (except for small portions of other northern states) starts DST 3–4 weeks later and ends DST one week earlier) ^ b. The state's GDP was 294.8 billion of pesos in 2008, amount corresponding to 23.03 billion of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of 3 June 2010). |
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^ a. 2010 and later, Baja California is the only state to use the USA DST schedule state wide, while the rest of Mexico (except for small portions of other northern states) starts DST 3–4 weeks later and ends DST one week earlier)
Baja California (
/ˈbaxa kaliˈfornja/ ), (English: Lower California), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, comprises the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California (El Territorio Norte de Baja California). It has an area of 70,113 km2 (27,071 sq mi), or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California Peninsula, north of the 28th parallel, plus oceanic Guadalupe Island. The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the east by Sonora, the U.S. State of Arizona, and the Gulf of California (also known as the "Sea of Cortez"), and on the south by Baja California Sur. Its northern limit is the U.S. state of California.
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