Los Cabos is a municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

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 located at the southern tip of Mexico

Mexico

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's Baja California Peninsula

Baja California Peninsula

The Baja California peninsula , is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico. Its land mass separates the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California. The Peninsula extends from Mexicali, Baja California in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur in the south.The total area of the Baja California...

, in the state of Baja California Sur

Baja California Sur

Baja California Sur , is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state on October 8, 1974, the area was known as the South Territory of Baja California. It has an area of , or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises...

. It encompasses the towns of Cabo San Lucas

Cabo San Lucas

Cabo San Lucas , commonly called Cabo, is a city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, in the municipality of Los Cabos in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. As of the 2010 census, the population was 68,463 people...

 and San José del Cabo

San José del Cabo

The city of San José del Cabo is located in Baja California Sur Mexico and is the seat of the municipality of Los Cabos at the south end of the Baja California peninsula. In the 2010 census it had a population of 69,788. Together with neighboring Cabo San Lucas it forms a major tourist destination...

 (the municipal seat), as well as the Resort Corridor

Los Cabos Corridor

The Los Cabos Corridor in Mexico, is an area on the southern coast of the Baja California Peninsula, facing the Gulf of California on the Transpeninsular Highway between San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas. It stretches about 30 kilometers along the highway and addresses within this area are...

 that lies between the two. The area's economy

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, like many resort

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 areas in Mexico, was based on fishing

Fishing industry

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 but is now geared towards tourism

Tourism

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, though sport fishing and golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 are the area's main attractions. Also the tourist can enjoy the whales who come to visit this area to spend the winter in the warm waters.

The municipality had a population of 238,487 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. It has an area of 3451.51 square kilometres (1,332.6 sq mi).

The annual average temperature is 78 °F (25.6 °C). From October to April the temperature is between 78 °F (25.6 °C) and 82 °F (27.8 °C) during the day and between 57 °F (13.9 °C) and 62 °F (16.7 °C) at night. The rest of the year temperatures may go over 100 °F (37.8 °C) during the day and between 70 °F (21.1 °C) and 85 °F (29.4 °C) at night. Los Cabos presumes to have over 300–350 sunny days per year, with a rainfall rate of less than 10 inches (25.4 cm), which mostly comes during the hurricane season from August to October.

The Arc is a real reference point in Los Cabos and it is only reachable by boat, UNESCO

UNESCO

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 recently declared the Arch a World Heritage Site

World Heritage Site

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.

Communities

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:

Name	2010 Census Population
San José del Cabo	69,788
Cabo San Lucas	68,463
Colonia del Sol Colonia del Sol, Baja California Sur Colonia del Sol is a northern suburb of Cabo San Lucas, in Baja California Sur, Mexico. It is the third-largest locality in Los Cabos Municipality. It had a 2010 census population of 48,032 inhabitants and lies at an elevation of 64 meters above sea level.-References:*...	48,032
Las Palmas	11,562
Las Veredas	10,478
San José Viejo	7,222
La Ribera	2,050
San Bernabé	1,794
La Playa	1,417
Miraflores	1,384
Total Municipality	238,487

External links

• Best of Cabo Los Cabos Visitors Guide Online
• Ayuntamiento de Los Cabos Official municipal government website
• Los Cabos Baja Los Cabos Travel and living guide
• Cabo Town La comunidad Cabeña.
• All Cabo Real Estate Properties for sale or rent in Los Cabos