Loreto (municipality)
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Loreto is a municipality of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It was created in 1992 from the partition of the neighboring municipality of Comondú. The municipal seat is in the town of Loreto, which was the former capital of Las Californias during Spanish colonial times.
The 2005 census reported a population of 11,839, about 87 percent of whom lived in the town of Loreto. The municipality has an area of 4,311 km² (1,664.49 sq mi).
[edit] Major communities
- Ensenada Blanca
- Ligüí, Baja California Sur
- Loreto
- Puerto Agua Verde, Baja California Sur
- San Javier
[edit] References
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Baja California Sur Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
[edit] External links
- Ayuntamiento de Loreto Official website
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