San Quintín Municipality
Municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California
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San Quintín is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. Its municipal seat is located in the city of San Quintín, Baja California. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 117,568 inhabitants.[2] The municipality has an area of 32,883.93 km2 (12,696.56 sq mi), the most extensive in the country. There are a few National Parks and a World Heritage Site at Bahia de Los Angeles.
San Quintín Municipality
Municipio de San Quintín | |
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  .jpg)  Top: Bahía de los Ángeles ; Middle: Mission San Francisco Borja, Cataviña Landscape; Bottom: Lázaro Cárdenas Town, Camalú town | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: ' | |
 Location of San Quintín in Baja California prior to the creation of San Felipe. | |
| Coordinates: 32°34′N 116°38′W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State |  Baja California |
| Founded | 27 February 2020 |
| Seat | San Quintín |
| Largest city | San Quintín |
| Area | |
• Total | 32,883.93 km2 (12,696.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 117,568 |
| • Density | 3.57524/km2 (9.25983/sq mi) |
| Data source: [1] | |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (Zona Noroeste) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (DST) |
| INEGI code | 006 |
History
On 27 February 2020 San Quintin separated from the municipality of Ensenada, and became Baja California's sixth municipality.
Administrative divisions
The municipality is divided into 8 delegations:
- Camalú
- Vicente Guerrero
- San Quintín
- El Rosario
- El Mármol
- Punta Prieta
- Bahía de los Ángeles
- Villa Jesús María.
Localities
The municipality is made up of many localities. Its urban localities in 2010 were:
- Lázaro Cárdenas (16,294)
- Vicente Guerrero (11,455)
- Camalú (8,621)
- Emiliano Zapata (5,756)
- San Quintín (4,777)
- Colonia Lomas de San Ramón (Triquis) (3,805)
- Ejido Papalote (3,413)
- Colonia Nueva Era (3,256)
- Colonia Santa Fe (2,632)
