Baja California

Baja California (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbaxa kaliˈfornja], English: /ˈbɑːhɑː kælɨˈfɔrnjə/) officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California (English: Free and Sovereign State of Lower California) is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico, but before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California. It has an area of 70,113 km (27,071 sq mi), or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California peninsula, north of the 28th parallel. The state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the east by Sonora, the U.S. State of Arizona,...