San José del Cabo

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San José del Cabo is a city located in Baja California Sur, Mexico, and the seat of the municipality of Los Cabos, at the south end of the Baja California peninsula. In the 2005 census it had a population of 48,518 persons. Together with neighboring Cabo San Lucas, it forms a major tourist destination for travelers, particularly vacationers from the United States and Canada.^{[citation needed]} These two cities are served by Los Cabos International Airport.

In 1730, Nicolás Tamaral, a Jesuit missionary, founded Mission San José del Cabo in an attempt to convert indigenous Pericu people and thus quell frequent uprisings.^{[citation needed]} The nearby Río San José was useful to the Spanish as a source of fresh water for galleons traveling to and from the Philippines.^{[citation needed]}

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• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

Coordinates: 23°03′N, 109°41′W

	Baja California Sur La Paz, capital
Municipalities	Comondú | La Paz | Loreto | Los Cabos | Mulegé
Cities	Cabo San Lucas | Ciudad Constitución | La Paz | San José del Cabo