Loreto is a municipio (2nd-level municipality) of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It was created in 1992 from the partition of the neighboring municipality of Comondú. The municipal seat is in the town of Loreto, which was the former capital of Las Californias during Spanish colonial times. Image File history File links Loreto,_BCS.png Summary Location of Loreto municipality in BCS. Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... A municipio (Spanish for municipality) is a second-level political and administrative division in Mexico. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México) is a federal republic made up of 31 states (estados) and one Federal District, (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... Baja California Sur is one of the 31 States of Mexico, occupying the part of the Baja California Peninsula south of the 28th parallel. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Comondú is a municipality of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. ... Loreto (or Conchó) was the first Spanish town on the Baja California Peninsula, the capital of Las Californias from 1697–1777, and the current seat of the Loreto municipality in Baja California Sur. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

According to the 2000 census the municipality had a population of 11,812 inhabitants (INEGI). The 2005 census reported a population of 11,839, about 87 percent of whom lived in the town of Loreto. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Data Processing (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)) is a unit of the government of Mexico dedicated to the collection and organization of statistical, geographical and economic information on the country. ... Loreto (or Conchó) was the first Spanish town on the Baja California Peninsula, the capital of Las Californias from 1697–1777, and the current seat of the Loreto municipality in Baja California Sur. ...

Communities

• Ensenada Blanca
• Ligüí
• Loreto
• Puerto Agua Verde
• San Javier

Loreto (or Conchó) was the first Spanish town on the Baja California Peninsula, the capital of Las Californias from 1697–1777, and the current seat of the Loreto municipality in Baja California Sur. ... View down the main street to the mission San Javier is a village in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. ...

References

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

External links

• Ayuntamiento de Loreto Official website