Loreto, Baja California Sur

E204415
municipal seat town

Loreto, Baja California Sur is a historic coastal town on the Gulf of California in northwestern Mexico, known as the first Spanish colonial capital of the Californias and a gateway to marine and desert ecotourism.

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Label Occurrences
Loreto, Baja California Sur canonical 14

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipal seat ⓘ
town ⓘ
capitalOf The Californias (historical) ⓘ
climate arid climate ⓘ
climateClassification BWh (hot desert climate) ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
coordinateLocation 26.011°N 111.347°W ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
daylightSavingTimeZone UTC−06:00 ⓘ
demographicsTrend growing tourism and retiree population ⓘ
economyType tourism-based economy ⓘ
endTimeAsCapital 1777 ⓘ
foundedBy Jesuit missionaries ⓘ
Juan María de Salvatierra ⓘ
foundingDate 1697 ⓘ
hasAirport Loreto International Airport ⓘ
hasHeritage First Spanish colonial capital of the Californias ⓘ
hasLandUse fishing ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasPart Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó ⓘ
knownFor desert and mountain hiking ⓘ
historic mission architecture ⓘ
kayaking and boating ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ
whale watching ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Loreto Municipality ⓘ
surface form: Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Baja California Sur ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northwestern Mexico ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−07:00 ⓘ
locatedOn Baja California ⓘ
surface form: Baja California Peninsula
locatedOnBodyOfWater Gulf of California ⓘ
Gulf of California ⓘ
surface form: Sea of Cortez
namedAfter Holy House of Loreto ⓘ
surface form: Our Lady of Loreto
nearbyProtectedArea Bahía de Loreto National Park ⓘ
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalFunction Spanish colonial mission settlement ⓘ
partOf Jesuit mission chain in Baja California ⓘ
population approximately 15,000 (early 21st century) ⓘ
primaryReligionHistorical Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedByCapital La Paz, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Monterey ⓘ
surface form: Monterey, Alta California
roadConnection Mexican Federal Highway 1 ⓘ
startTimeAsCapital 1697 ⓘ
tourismType desert tourism ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
marine tourism ⓘ
UNESCOStatusNearby Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage Site (Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California)

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sierra de la Giganta → locatedNear → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Sierra de San Javier → nearbyCity → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Isla Coronados → hasNearbyCity → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Isla Coronados → accessibleFrom → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Bahía de Loreto National Park → nearestCity → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Misión San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó → locatedNear → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Isla Carmen → nearbyCity → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Isla Danzante → offCoastOf → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Isla Danzante → nearestCity → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó → locatedIn → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
islands of Bahía de Loreto → nearestCity → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
subject surface form: Islands of Bahía de Loreto
Mission of Our Lady of Loreto → locatedIn → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Loreto International Airport → locatedIn → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ
Loreto International Airport → serves → Loreto, Baja California Sur ⓘ