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Baja California
Baja California , state (1990 pop. 1,660,855), 27,628 sq mi (71,576 sq km), NW Mexico, on the Baja California peninsula. Mexicali is the capital. A rapidly growing state, Baja California is a center of development for maquiladoras , foreign-owned assembly plants that produce finished goods for ... Read more
Baja California
Baja California Span.: bä´hä kälēfōr´nyä or Lower California, peninsula, c.760 mi (1,220 km) long and from 30 to 150 mi (48-241 km) wide, NW Mexico, separating the Gulf of California from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula is divided at lat. 28° N in... Read more
Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur , state (1990 pop. 317,764), 27,571 sq mi (71,428 sq km), NW Mexico, on the S Baja California peninsula. La Paz is the capital. Most of the area is lightly populated and has little arable land. Some cotton is grown commercially, and there is significant salt mining in the des... Read more
California
California , most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Facts and Figures Area, 158,693 sq mi (411,015 sq km). Pop. (2000) 33,871,648, a 13.8% incr... Read more
Alta California
Alta California , term used by the Spanish to refer to their possessions along the entire Pacific coast north of the Mexican state of Baja California. California was often represented on maps as an island some 3,000 mi (4,800 km) long until the 18th-century explorations of the Jesuit father Eusebio ... Read more
Ensenada
Ensenada , city (1990 pop. 259,979), Baja California state, NW Mexico. Developed in the 19th cent., Ensenada is the oldest deep-sea port in Baja California and is one of the most important ports in Mexico. It is a primary processing and shipping point for the region's agricultural produce, which inc... Read more
La Paz
La Paz lä päs , city (1990 pop. 137,641), capital and largest city of Baja California Sur state, W Mexico. A tourist spot and transportation hub for the southern Baja peninsula, La Paz was first settled in 1811. The city was known for its pearl fishing until the middle of the 20th cent. w... Read more
Tijuana
Tijuana , city (1990 pop. 698,752), Baja California state, NW Mexico, just south of the U.S. border. It is a gaudy border resort, noted for its racetracks and bullfights. An irrigated agricultural area surrounds the city. During the prohibition era Tijuana gained fame as a wide-open town. It expande... Read more
elephant seal
elephant seal or sea elephant, a true seal of the genus Mirounga. It is the largest of the fin-footed mammals, or pinnipeds, exceeding the walrus in size. There is a northern species, Mirounga angustirostris, along the Pacific coast, and a larger southern species, M. leonina, that breed... Read more
gecko
gecko , small or medium-sized lizard of the family Gekkonidae. The more than 300 species are distributed throughout the warm regions of the world, mostly in the Old World. Despite folklore to the contrary, their bite is not poisonous. Many species are arboreal, while others inhabit human dwellings. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Baja California"

Baja California Sur
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Mexican States Baja California Sur Pronunciation: bah-hah kah...Time (GMT). 1 Location and Size Baja California Sur, a very narrow state in western Mexico, covers the southern half of the Baja California peninsula. (The peninsula is a long...
Baja California
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Mexican States Baja California Pronunciation: BAH-hah kah-lee-FOHR-nee-ah. Origin...4 AM = Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). 1 Location and Size Baja California lies on the Baja California peninsula, a long finger of land in western Mexico extending...
Indians of Baja California
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Indians of Baja California ETHNONYMS: none The native peoples of Baja California are found today above the 30th parallel in Baja California, Mexico, and southern California...
California
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States ...407 sq mi (6,234 sq km). California extends about 350 mi (560 km...extension is 780 mi (1,260 km). California is bordered on the n by Oregon...the s by the Mexican state of Baja California Norte; and on the w by the Pacific...
Alta California
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Alta California , term used by the Spanish to...north of the Mexican state of Baja California. California was often represented...the peninsula came to be called Baja (Lower) and the mainland Alta (Upper) California.
Lower California
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Lower California see Baja California .
Gulf of California
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Gulf of California or Sea of Cortés, arm of the Pacific Ocean, c.700...long and 50 to 130 mi (80-209 km) wide, NW Mexico; separates Baja California from the Mexican mainland. The gulf is part of a depression in the...
Mexico
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...the long, narrow peninsula of Baja California and in the extreme southeast...north, however. For example, Baja California and the Sonoran Desert can record...centimeters (10 inches) per year in Baja California to 500 centimeters (200 inches...
Kumeyaay
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...from below Todos Santos Bay, Baja California, to above Agua Hedionda Lagoon...San Diego County and four in Baja California. Demography. In 1980, approximately...in San Diego County and 350 in Baja California. These figures exclude those...
Gaspar de Portolá
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Portol á governor of Baja (Lower) California, and Portol á set...with removing the Jesuits from Baja California, an assignment he carried...Portol á returned to Baja California, where he remained as governor...

Dictionary entries related to "Baja California"

California
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Spanish California Spain claimed California as part of Columbus's discovery...attempt to establish control of California. In 1769, a band of Franciscan...traveled up the peninsula of Baja California to San Diego with two hundred...
Gabb, William More
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...he traveled throughout much of California and beyond, from Vancouver Island to the tip of Baja California. From 1869 to 1872 he conducted...contributed much on the geography of Baja California, Santo Domingo, and Costa Rica...
Kellogg, Albert
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...fire). His Forest Trees of California was the state ’ s first...Bulletin and the proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences...on the singular plant forms of Baja California. His Forest Trees of California...
Sea Otter Trade
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...from the Aleutian Islands to Baja California. In China, sea otter furs were...organized a sea otter trade between California and China. At the opening of...and Russian traders entered the California sea otter fields, where in the...
Chappe D’auteroche, Jean-Baptiste
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...xE9; del Cabo, Cape Lucas, Baja California, 1 August 1769), astronomy...in an expedition to southern California to observe the transit of Venus...activity in science was part of the California expedition too, although beyond...
Walker, William
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Orleans before heading for the California goldfields in 1850. Walker...create the Republic of Lower California on the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, but Mexican...River. After being acquitted in California for violating American neutrality...
Isaak, Chris
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 CHRIS ISAAK Born: Stockton, California, 26 June 1956 Genre: Rock Best-selling...Wide Shut. Isaak's subsequent albums, Baja Sessions (1996) and Speak of the Devil...Forever Blue (Reprise, 1995); Baja Sessions (Reprise, 1996); Speak of...
Mexican Minister of War's Reply to Manuel De La Peña y Peña (1845, by Pedro María Anaya)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...possible ways to prepare for war with the United States. But I would say that for Upper California we need five battalions and 10 field pieces and for Baja California, one battalion and five field pieces. Guaymas needs one battalion and three pieces...
Titanic
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Filmed July 1996—March 1997 at Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...Scotia, Canada; Belmont Olympic Pool, Long Beach, California; and Titanic wreck, sea bed, North Atlantic. Cost...
Indian Trails
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...either side of the Cascades and Sierra Nevadas provided communication between tribes in Puget Sound and Baja California. Heading west from California, trails passed through the towns of the Pueblos and eastward down the Canadian and Red Rivers to...

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Baja California State Tourism Secretariat Names Ralph Rubio as Bajaologist.
Business Wire; 9/23/2003; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2003 Baja California State Tourism Secretariat and...Grill (NASDAQ:RUBO) and the Baja California State Tourism Secretariat announced...cuisine, culture, and color of Baja California, Mexico. The program, entitled...
The complete guide to Baja California It's vast, it's sparsely populated and its emptiness can extend for 750 miles at a stretch. In the Prohibition era, its towns were fleshpots. But nowadays, says David Orkin, magnificent scenery, picturesque beaches and stunning mountain walks make Baja even more appealing
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/13/2001; ; 700+ words ; WHAT IS BAJA CALIFORNIA? The finger jabbing down into the Pacific, longer...Italy and varying in width from 30 to 150 miles. IS BAJA CALIFORNIA PART OF CALIFORNIA? No, Baja California (Baja for short) is south of the international border...
Baja California: better quality, bigger market.
Magazine article from: Wines & Vines; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...been a little less generous, Baja California might have been the 51st state...originally considered keeping Baja California, too, but gave in to the Mexican...to the mainland of Mexico. (Baja California means Lower California; Mexicans...
New Geographical Records of Nine Species of Crustaceans from Southern Baja California, Mexico.
Magazine article from: Bulletin (Southern California Academy of Sciences); 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, Departamento de Biologia...calafia.uabcs.mx Surveys on Baja California coasts allow us to report new...15'43" W, west coast of Baja California, Mexico. Order Decapoda Family...
La Ciudad y el Crimen / Baja California.(Justicia)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México); 2/13/2006; 700+ words ; ...partir de 1990, el Estado de Baja California ha ocupado siempre el primer...En promedio de 1990 a 2005, Baja California ha tenido 3.1 ms delitos por...denunciados o no. Del 2000 al 2004, Baja California ocup ao con ao el primer lugar...
MEXICO'S LNG REGULATIONS EMERGE, AND RACE IS ON TO BUILD IN BAJA CALIFORNIA
Magazine article from: Hart's Petroleum Finance Week; 9/16/2002; 700+ words ; ...LNG) import terminals in Baja California has intensified, now that the...would encounter in the state of California. Baja sites also would be able to...S. companies interested in Baja California have been stymied by a lack...
Festival de Cine de Baja California, una plataforma importante
Newspaper article from: La Prensa San Diego; 8/24/2007; ; 700+ words ; Por aos, Baja California ha sido un centre cultural importante...resto del pas voltea los ojos haca Baja California, especialmente a Tijuana, por sus...artes visuales son otra rea donde Baja California ha sobresalido. Sus artistas se...
SENATOR DAVE KELLEY: Kelley resolution relative to State of Baja California, Mexico passes legislature.
M2 Presswire; 6/4/1999; 700+ words ; ...relationship with the State of Baja California, Mexico/relacion de hermandad con el Estado de Baja California, Mexico, passes the California...to the people of the State of Baja California, Mexico, to join with California...
The mining boom in Baja California from 1850 to 1890 and the emergence of Tijuana as a border community.
Magazine article from: Journal of the Southwest; 12/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...strikes in the northern part of the Baja California, or Lower California, peninsula...border region. PRELUDE TO THE BAJA CALIFORNIA MINING BOOM Although precious metals had been mined in Baja California since the early part of the eighteenth...
Elecciones en Baja California. La democracia y la controversia
Newspaper article from: La Prensa San Diego; 8/10/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...gobernador, alcaldes y diputados de Baja California. Uno de los acontecimientos...El Procurador de Justicia de Baja California, Antonio Martnez Luna present...candidato por la Alianza por Baja California, Jos Guadalupe Osuna Milln...