Baja California
A Mexican peninsula extending into the Pacific Ocean from the southern end of the US state of California, Baja California provides some of Mexico's most dramatic sea and landscapes.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Tijuana
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Tijuana is a city in Baja California, Mexico, just across the border from San Diego, California, USA.
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.
La Paz
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La Paz is a city in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Often overlooked by travelers drawn to the more flashy nearby Los Cabos resorts, La Paz has a wonderful waterfront and world class beaches.
Destinations
Baja California
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Baja California state is the northern half of the Baja California peninsula.
Baja California Sur
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Baja California Sur is the southern half of the Baja California peninsula.
Baja California
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula of North America on the Pacific Coast of Mexico
- Location: Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
28° northLongitude of centre
-113.5° or 113° 30' westElevation
186 metres (610 feet)GeoNames ID
4017701Wikidata ID
Q178543Baja California Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Neder-Kalifornië
- Arabic: Rawis han Baja California
- Arabic: شبه جزيرة باخا كاليفورنيا
- Arabic: شبه جزيرة كاليفورنيا
- Armenian: Կալիֆոռնիա
- Asturian: Península de Baxa California
- Azerbaijani: Kaliforniya yarımadası
- Basque: Kaliforniako penintsula
- Belarusian: Каліфорнія
- Belarusian: Паўвостраў Каліфорнія
- 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-Californië
- Dutch: Baja California
- Dutch: Californisch schiereiland
- Dutch: Neder-Californië
- English: Baja
- English: Baja California peninsula
- English: Baja peninsula
- English: Lower California peninsula
- 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
- 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: 깔리포르니아반도
- Korean: 깔리포르니아 반도
- 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: Калифорниски Полуостров
- Macedonian: Калифорнија
- Mazanderani: کالیفرنیای جزیره مونا
- Mazanderani: کالیفورنیا جزیره مونا
- Norwegian: Californiahalvøya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Californiahalvøya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Californiske halvøy
- Norwegian Bokmål: Den californiske halvøya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Californiahalvøya
- Occitan (post 1500): Bassa Califòrnia
- Panjabi: ਬਾਖ਼ਾ ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਪਰਾਇਦੀਪ
- Panjabi: ਹੇਠਲਾ ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਪਰਾਇਦੀਪ
- Persian: شبه جزیره باخا کالیفرنیا
- Persian: شبهجزیره باخا کالیفرنیا
- Persian: شبهجزیره باها کالیفرنیا
- Persian: شبهجزیرهٔ باخا 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
- Spanish: Baja California
- Spanish: Peninsula de Baja California
- Spanish: Peninsula de California
- Spanish: Península de Baja 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 باجا کیلیفورنیا
- Urdu: زیریں کیلی فورنیا
- Urdu: زیریں کیلیفورنیا
- Uzbek: Kaliforniya
- Vietnamese: Baja California
- Vietnamese: Hạ California
- Vietnamese: bán đảo Baja California
- Vietnamese: bán đảo 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
- Bán đảo Baja California
- La Baja California
- Lower California
- Península de la Baja California
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Baja California. Photo: Farwestern, CC BY 3.0.