Municipalities of Baja California Sur

Map of Mexico with Baja California Sur highlighted

Municipalities of Baja California Sur since 1992.

Baja California Sur is a state in northwest Mexico divided into five municipalities.<ref name="census2020">Template:Cite web</ref> According to the 2020 INEGI census, Baja California Sur is the second least populous state with Template:Nts inhabitants and the 11th largest by land area, spanning Template:Convert.<ref name="census2020" /><ref name="Landarea"/>

Municipalities in Baja California Sur are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.<ref name="constitution">Template:Cite act Template:Webarchive</ref> Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.<ref name="Mexicolaws">Template:Cite book</ref> They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.<ref name="Mexicolaws" />

The largest municipality by population in Baja California Sur is Los Cabos, with 351,111 residents, and the smallest is Loreto with 18,052 residents.<ref name="census2020" /> The largest municipality by area in Baja California Sur and second largest in Mexico is Mulegé, which spans Template:Convert, while Los Cabos is the smallest at Template:Convert.<ref name="Landarea" /> The first municipality to incorporate was Loreto on Template:Dts, and the newest municipality is Los Cabos which incorporated Template:Dts.<ref name="Incorporationdate" />

Municipalities

• Largest municipalities in Baja California Sur by population
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  Los Cabos, largest municipality by population in Baja California Sur
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  Ciudad Constitución in Comondú, third largest municipality by population.

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Name	Municipal seat	Population (2020)<ref name="census2020" />	Population (2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Change	Land area<ref name="Landarea">Template:Cite web</ref>		Population density (2020)	Incorporation date<ref name="Incorporationdate">Template:Cite book</ref>
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Comondú	Ciudad Constitución	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
La PazTemplate:Dagger	La Paz	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Loreto	Loreto	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Los Cabos	San José del Cabo	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Mulegé	Santa Rosalía	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Baja California Sur	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	—
Mexico	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	—