Santa Anita, Baja California Sur
Santa Anita | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Los Cabos | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 687 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
Santa Anita is a village in
San Jose del Cabo on the right bank of the Arroyo San José along Federal Highway 1. It had a population of 687 inhabitants in the 2010 census, and is situated at an elevation of 76 meters (249 ft.) above sea level.[1]
In 1968, it was described as a "little farming village".type locality of the rice rat Oryzomys peninsulae, now possibly extinct.[3]
History
During the
U. S. Navy, declared Governor Francisco Palacios Miranda a traitor and named Maurico Castro Cota
, of San Jose del Cabo, as his successor. Castro then attempted to raise the first company of volunteers to resist the Americans.
References
- ^ 2010 census tables: INEGI Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Weber, 1968, p. 89
- ^ Carleton and Arroyo-Cabrales, 2009, pp. 114–115
Literature cited
- Carleton, M.D. and Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2009. Review of the Oryzomys couesi complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Western Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331:94–127.
- Weber, F.J. 1968. The missions & missionaries of Baja California: an historical perspective. Baja California travels series, vol. 11. Dawson's Book Shop, 92 pp.
23°10′41″N 109°42′05″W / 23.17806°N 109.70139°W