Baja Peninsula
A Mexican peninsula extending into the Pacific Ocean from the southern end of the U.S. state of California, the Baja Peninsula provides some of Mexico's most dramatic sea and landscapes.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tijuana and Mexicali.
Tijuana
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Tijuana is a city in Baja California, Mexico, just across the border from San Diego, California, United States. The city has grown from a small border town with a salacious reputation during the Prohibition Era in the United States into a large, modern city with a sizable middle class.
Mexicali
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Mexicali is the capital of the state of Baja California in Mexico, directly across the border from Calexico, California, United States. Its proximity to the United States has made it a very popular tourist destination, especially for day-trippers.
Valle de Guadalupe
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Valle de Guadalupe is a region in Mexico outside the city of Ensenada. It is the premier wine producing region of Mexico. It is a popular tourist destination for wine and Baja Med cuisine, a fusion of Mexican cuisine and Mediterranean cuisine.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Baja California and El Rosario.
Baja California
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Baja California state is the northern half of the Baja California peninsula. Known for beaches and the rowdy border city of Tijuana---the world's busiest border crossing. The state capital is Mexicali.
El Rosario
El Rosario is in Baja California in Mexico. It is also a stop on the Baja 1000, an off-road race that takes place in the Baja California Peninsula.
Constitution 1857 National Park
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Constitution of 1857 National Park is a protected wilderness area in Baja California, Mexico, about 95 km from Ensenada. It is a park that contradicts common impressions of Baja.
Sierra de San Pedro Martir National Park
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Sierra de San Pedro Martir National Park is rugged, heavily forested, mountainous terrain in the northwestern part of Baja California, Mexico. It is a protected habitat for bighorn sheep and Mexico's only home for the critically endangered California condor.
San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park
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San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park is a cluster of islands, as well as deep waters and shoreline of the Sea of Cortez in Baja California, Mexico.
Baja Peninsula
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula of North America on the Pacific Coast of Mexico
- Also known as: “Baja”, “Baja California”, “Baja California peninsula”, “Baja peninsula”, “La Baja California”, “Lower California”, “Lower California peninsula”, and “Península de la Baja California”
- Location: Mexico, North America
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Baja Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Neder-Kalifornië”
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة باخا كاليفورنيا”
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة كاليفورنيا”
- Armenian: “Կալիֆոռնիա”
- Asturian: “Península de Baxa California”
- Azerbaijani: “Kaliforniya yarımadası”
- Bashkir: “Калифорния (ярымутрау)”
- Bashkir: “Калифорния”
- Basque: “Kaliforniako penintsula”
- Belarusian: “Каліфорнія”
- Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Каліфорнія”
- Bengali: “বাজা ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
- Bengali: “বাহা ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া উপদ্বীপ”
- Bosnian: “Donja Kalifornija”
- Breton: “Ledenez Baja California”
- Bulgarian: “Долна Калифорния”
- Catalan: “Península de Baixa Califòrnia”
- Catalan: “Península de Califòrnia”
- Catalan: “Península de la Baixa Califòrnia”
- Cebuano: “Baja California (lawis)”
- Cebuano: “Baja California”
- Chinese: “Península de Baja California”
- Chinese: “下加利福尼亚”
- Chinese: “下加利福尼亚半岛”
- Chinese: “下加利福尼亞”
- Chinese: “下加利福尼亞半島”
- Chinese: “下加里福尼亞半島”
- Chinese: “加利福尼亚半岛”
- Chinese: “巴哈半島”
- Croatian: “Baja California”
- Czech: “Kalifornský poloostrov”
- Danish: “Californiske Halvø”
- Dutch: “Baja California”
- Dutch: “Baja-Californië”
- Dutch: “Californisch schiereiland”
- Dutch: “Neder-Californië”
- Esperanto: “Baja California”
- Esperanto: “Basa Kalifornio”
- Esperanto: “Duoninsulo Baja California”
- Esperanto: “Kalifornia duoninsulo”
- Esperanto: “Kalifornia Duoninsulo”
- Estonian: “Baja California poolsaar”
- Estonian: “California poolsaar”
- Faroese: “Baja Kalifornia hálvoyggin”
- Finnish: “Kalifornian niemimaa”
- French: “Peninsule de Basse-Californie”
- French: “péninsule de Basse-Californie”
- French: “Péninsule de Basse-Californie”
- Galician: “Península de Baixa California”
- Galician: “Península de California”
- Georgian: “კალიფორნიის ნახევარკუნძული”
- German: “Niederkalifornien”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος Μπάχα Καλιφόρνια”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי באחה קליפורניה”
- Hindi: “बाजा कैलिफ़ोर्निया प्रायद्वीप”
- Hungarian: “Kaliforniai-félsziget”
- Icelandic: “Baja California-skagi”
- Indonesian: “Semenanjung Baja California”
- Interlingua: “Peninsula de Baja California”
- Italian: “Penisola della Bassa California”
- Italian: “Penisola della California”
- Italian: “Penisola di Bassa California”
- Japanese: “カリフォルニア半島”
- Japanese: “バハ・カリフォルニア半島”
- Japanese: “バハカリフォルニア半島”
- Kazakh: “Kalïfornïya tübegi”
- Kazakh: “Калифорния түбегі”
- Kazakh: “كالىيفورنىييا تۇبەگى”
- Kirghiz: “Төмөнкү Калифорния”
- Korean: “깔리포르니아 반도”
- Korean: “깔리포르니아반도”
- Korean: “바하 칼리포르니아 반도”
- Korean: “바하칼리포르니아반도”
- Korean: “캘리포니아 반도”
- Latin: “California Inferior (paeninsula)”
- Latin: “California Inferior”
- Latvian: “Kalifornijas pussala”
- Lithuanian: “Kalifornijos pusiasalis”
- Macedonian: “Долна Калифорнија”
- Macedonian: “Долнокалифорниски Полуостров”
- Macedonian: “Калифорнија”
- Macedonian: “Калифорниски Полуостров”
- Mazanderani: “کالیفرنیای جزیره مونا”
- Mazanderani: “کالیفورنیا جزیره مونا”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Californiahalvøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Californiske halvøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den californiske halvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Californiahalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Californiahalvøya”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bassa Califòrnia”
- Panjabi: “ਹੇਠਲਾ ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਪਰਾਇਦੀਪ”
- Panjabi: “ਬਾਖ਼ਾ ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਪਰਾਇਦੀਪ”
- Persian: “شبه جزیره باخا کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “شبهجزیره باخا کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “شبهجزیرهٔ باخا کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “شبهجزیره باها کالیفرنیا”
- Polish: “Półwysep Kalifornijski”
- Portuguese: “Baja California”
- Portuguese: “Península da Baixa Califórnia”
- Portuguese: “Península da Baja California”
- Romanian: “Peninsula Baja California”
- Russian: “Калифорнийский полуостров”
- Russian: “Калифорния”
- Serbian: “Donja Kalifornija”
- Serbian: “Доња Калифорнија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Donja Kalifornija”
- Slovak: “Dolná Kalifornia”
- Slovak: “Kalifornský polostrov”
- Slovenian: “Kalifornijski polotok”
- Spanish: “Baja California”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Baja California”
- Spanish: “Península de Baja California”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de California”
- Spanish: “península de California”
- Swahili: “Rasi ya Baja Kalifornia”
- Swedish: “Baja California”
- Swedish: “Californiahalvön”
- Swedish: “Southern California”
- Tamil: “பாகா கலிபோர்னியா மூவலந்தீவு”
- Tamil: “பாஜா கலிபோர்னியா தீபகற்பம்”
- Tamil: “பாஹா கலிபோர்னியா தீபகற்பம்”
- Tatar: “Калифорния”
- Thai: “Baja California peninsula”
- Thai: “คาบสมุทรบาฆากาลิฟอร์เนีย”
- Thai: “คาบสมุทรบาฮากาลิฟอร์เนีย”
- Turkish: “Baja California Yarımadası”
- Ukrainian: “Каліфорнійський півострів”
- Ukrainian: “Каліфорнія”
- Ukrainian: “Нижня Каліфорнія”
- Ukrainian: “Півострів Каліфорнія”
- Urdu: “باجا کیلی فورنیا”
- Urdu: “باجا کیلیفورنیا”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ نما باخا کیلیفورنیا”
- Urdu: “زیریں کیلی فورنیا”
- Urdu: “زیریں کیلیفورنیا”
- Uzbek: “Kaliforniya”
- Vietnamese: “Baja California”
- Vietnamese: “bán đảo Baja California”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Baja California”
- Vietnamese: “bán đảo Hạ California”
- Vietnamese: “Hạ California”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rawis han Baja California”
- Welsh: “Baja California”
- Welsh: “Califfornia Isaf”
- Welsh: “California Isaf”
- Welsh: “Gorynys Baja California”
- Western Frisian: “Kalifornysk Skiereilân”
- Western Frisian: “Leech-Kalifornje”
- Western Frisian: “Neder-Kalifornje”
- Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ نما باجا کیلیفورنیا”
- Wu Chinese: “下加利福尼亚半岛”
- Yue Chinese: “下加利福尼亞半島”
- “ma palisa Kaliponja”
- “ma palisa Paka Kaliponja”
- “ma palisa pi ma Kaliponja anpa”
- “বাহা কালিফোর্নিয়া উপদ্বীপ”
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