Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur


Loreto is a municipality of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It was created in 1992 from the partition of the neighboring Comondú Municipality. The municipal seat is in the town of Loreto, which was the former capital of Las Californias during Spanish colonial times.
The 2010 census reported a population of 16,738, about 88 percent of whom lived in the town of Loreto. The municipality has an area of 4,311 km².

Demographics

Major communities

The largest localities are:
Name2010 Census Population
Loreto14,724
Ensenada Blanca255
Ligüí203
Puerto Agua Verde192
La Danzante174
San Javier131
Total Municipality16,738

Sister cities