Country Mexico Area 4,419 km² | Time zone MST (UTC−7) Population 18,912 (2015) Largest city Loreto | |
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Points of interest Sierra de la Giganta, Misión San Francisco Javier de, Misión de Nuestra Señora d, Museo de las Misiones, Museo de las Misiones | ||
Loreto ( ) is a municipality of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It was created in 1992 from the partition of the neighboring Comondú Municipality. The municipal seat is in the town of Loreto, which was the former capital of Las Californias during Spanish colonial times.
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Map of Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico
The 2010 census reported a population of 16,738, about 88 percent of whom lived in the town of Loreto. The municipality has an area of 4,311 km² (1,664.49 sq mi).
Major communities
The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:
Sister cities
References
Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA