Baja California

This airticle is aboot the Mexican state. For the peninsula, see Baja California peninsula. For ither uisses, see Baja_California_(disambiguation).

Baja California^[10] (Spainish pronunciation: [ˈbaxa kaliˈfornja]; Scots: Lawer Californie) offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Lawer Californie) is ane o the 31 states which, wi Mexico Ceety-the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is the northwastmaist state o Mexico, but afore becomin a state in 1953, the aurie wis kent as the North Territory o Baja California. It haes an aurie o 70,113 km² (27,071 sq mi), or 3.57% o the land mass o Mexico an comprises the northren hauf o the Baja California peninsulae, north o the 28t parallel.

Baja California Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California
State
Banner Seal
Anthem: Canto a Baja California
State o Baja California athin Mexico
Kintra	Mexico
Caipital	Mexicali
Lairgest Ceety	Tijuana
Municipalities	5
Admission	16 Januar 1952[1]
Order	29t
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Francisco Vega de Lamadrid
• Senators[2]	Alejandro González Rafael Díaz Fernando Castro Trenti
• Deputies[3]	Federal Deputies • Víctor Manuel Galicia Ávila • Humberto Lepe Lepe • Óscar Martín Arce Paniagua • Alejandro Bahena Flores • Jesús Gerardo Cortez Mendoza • Gastón Luken Garza • César Mancillas Amador • Francisco Javier Orduño Valdez • Miguel Antonio Osuna Millán • José Luis Ovando Patrón • Sergio Tolento Hernández • Francisco Arturo Vega De Lamadrid • Eduardo Ledesma Romo • Blanco Roberto Pérez de Alva
Area [4]
• Total	70113 km2 (27,071 sq mi)
	Ranked 12t
Highest elevation [5]	3100 m (10,200 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2010)[6]
• Total	3,155,070
• Rank	14t
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Density rank	19t
Demonym(s)	Bajacaliforniano(a)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT[a])
Postal code	21, 22
Aurie code	Aurie codes • 615 • 616 • 646 • 653 • 658 • 661 • 664 • 665 • 686
ISO 3166 code	MX-BCN
HDI	0.868 high Ranked 4th
GDP	US$ 23.03 billion.[b]
Website	Official Web Site
^ a. 2010 an later, Baja California is the anerlie state tae uise the USA DST schedule state wide, while the rest o Mexico (except for sma portions o ither northren staes) stairts DST 3-4 weeks later an ends DST ane week earlier)[7] ^ b. The state's GDP wis 294.8 billion o pesos in 2008,[8] amoont correspondin tae 23.03 billion o dollars, being a dollar wirth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[9]