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Santiago, Baja California Sur

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Country
  
Mexico

Elevation
  
120 m

Local time
  
Tuesday 11:22 PM

State
  
Baja California Sur

Population
  
752 (2010)

Santiago, Baja California Sur

Weather
  
20°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 65% Humidity

Santiago (  [santia'go] ;previously Aiñiní) is a small town in Los Cabos Municipality in Baja California Sur, Mexico, located on Mexico's Highway 1, about an hour's drive north of San José del Cabo. Like Todos Santos it is almost directly on top of the Tropic of Cancer. It is also home of the only zoo in Baja California Sur.

Map of Santiago, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Misión de Santiago de los Coras Aiñiní was founded in 1724 by the Jesuit missionary, Ignacio Maria Napoli, and closed in 1795; the subsequent Church of Santiago Apostol was built nearby.

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Santiago, Baja California Sur Wikipedia