Mulegé Municipality

Mulegé is the northernmost municipality of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is the second-largest municipality by area in the country (behind only Ensenada to the north), with an area of 32,092.2 km² (12,777 sq mi). In the census of 2010 it had a population of 59,114 inhabitants. Isla Natividad is part of the municipality.

Mulegé
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Mulegé in Baja California Sur.
CountryMexico
StateBaja California Sur
Municipal seatSanta Rosalía
Largest cityGuerrero Negro
Area
 • Total32,000.37 km2 (12,355.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total60,171
 • Density1.9/km2 (4.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−7 (Pacific (US Mountain))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (Pacific)

The municipal seat is located in Santa Rosalía.

There is an initiative to split the municipality into two, with the division along the ridge dividing the current municipality, so that the Pacific side, which includes its largest city, Guerrero Negro, and also Villa Alberto Andrés Alvarado Arámburo, would be separated from the Gulf of California side, which includes Santa Rosalía and Mulegé.

Subdivisions

Including the municipal seat of Santa Rosalía, the municipality is subdivided into six delegaciones:

  1. Santa Rosalía
  2. Bahía Tortugas
  3. Guerrero Negro
  4. Mulegé
  5. San Ignacio
  6. Vizcaíno

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1970 19,416—    
1980 26,983+39.0%
1990 38,528+42.8%
1995 45,963+19.3%
2000 45,989+0.1%
2005 52,743+14.7%
2010 59,114+12.1%
2015 60,171+1.8%
[1]

As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 60,171.[2]

The municipality had 979 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Guerrero Negro (14,316), Santa Rosalía (14,160), Villa Alberto Andrés Alvarado Arámburo (6,902), Heroica Mulegé (3,821), Bahía Tortugas (2,671), classified as urban, and San Francisco (2,152), Las Margaritas (1,595), Bahía Asunción (1,484), and El Silencio (1,190), classified as rural.[2]

References
  1. http://www.inegi.org.mx/lib/olap/consulta/general_ver4/MDXQueryDatos.asp?#Regreso&c=17161
  2. "Mulegé". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.


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