San Antonio, Baja California Sur
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San Antonio is a small town in La Paz Municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, located near El Triunfo on Federal Highway 1. It had a population of 463 inhabitants in the 2010 census and is situated 400 meters (1,300 ft) above sea level.[1]
History
With ships St. Lazarus, Santa Agueda and St. Thomas above, in 1535, the existing port of La Paz was visited by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, who named it Bay St. Croix. Years later, Admiral Sebastián Vizcaíno in Baptizes, 1596, as La Paz to the city is now the capital of the state of Baja California Sur. In 1616 a group of Dutch pirates known as "Pichilingues" anchored their boats Great Sun and Full Moon in a bay near La Paz that carries his name now.
Isidro de Atondo and Antillon took possession of the port of La Paz in 1683, and on behalf of King Charles II of Spain, designated it the Port of Our Lady of La Paz. In 1720, Mission La Paz was founded by the Jesuit fathers Juan Ugarte and Jaime Bravo. The capital of the Californias was transferred to La Paz in 1830, with his political boss Colonel Manuel Victorio.
In 1847, during the Mexican–American War, the comodoros Stockton, Shubreick and Jhones attacked the port of La Paz without encountering resistance. Territorial Governor Francisco Palacios Miranda surrendered La Paz to the U.S. Army in the same year. In 1853, the filibuster William Walker, in his boat Carolina, surprised the garrison paceña with the chief political prisoner and took possession of government offices, establishing what he called the "Republic of the Two Stars". Faced with the threat of troops todosanteñas of Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Marquez de Leon, in 1853, Walker fled La Paz.
In the year 1912, Vice President Pino Suarez visited La Paz and was received with sympathy.
Modern
With the relocation of the Free Municipality in 1972, in the area of the city of La Paz, is installed the first municipal council.
In 1975 approving the conversion of the then state Territory of Baja California Sur, leaving the city of La Paz as the municipality and at the same time as the state capital.
Since the arrival of the Spaniards to the area currently occupied by the municipality of La Paz, its inhabitants were subjected to a radical change, both in his life política-económica, and in the social, being the need to tackle first the conquerors, and then to pirate Americans and French. They have struggled against their fellow countrymen during the meetings of civil wars, military and so on. However, the municipality has managed to overcome these situations, becoming now the main point of Baja California Sur, as it is the headquarters of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, which lie in the city of La Paz, state capital.
The development of productive activities in the city of La Paz reflects significantly, the terms of the economic dynamics of the area, due to the economic influence of this capital city, in which the activities occupy a prominent place as a factor of paramount importance in the economic progress of the town in particular and the state in general, as well as being the gateway to the ancient ruins of guaycuras.
Shield
The stylized eagle represents the motherland shows that the Mexican nation and the world, history and the economic potential of the municipality of La Paz. The sword and the cross motivate knowledge of the Conquest and the evangelization of the region. The framework that oppresses the golden eagle's claws and silver inner frame symbolize wealth from the mines of this municipality, where reserves are held by the state in terms of the future of Mexico. The blue stripe on the side with fish symbolize the vast coastal area of the municipality with an abundance of the most diverse species of fish, crustaceans, mollusks and other shellfish.
In half the domestically are two rectangles; On the left, by the year 1535, the date of discovery of the territory in the city of La Paz, and on the right, the year of 1697, in which launched evangelism California. The skull of the conquest was lost over time. In the center, uniting these dates, is a sun off that symbolizes the historical past. In the bottom half of this eloquently expressed, which in 1972 marks the new era city.
The cog. The sun symbolizes the progress that illuminates with its rays in the municipality of La Paz. Expresses its motto: "Peace and Progress", showing their light beams in the Latin words "Coellum, Aqua et Tellusque Valde Bona," thereby expressing the full potential of the municipality. With its sky, water and good land and lavish. Finally, the most powerful rays illuminate the east of four valuable pearls symbolize the cities: La Paz, San Antonio, San Jose and All Saints!