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About Los Cabos
Los Cabos (Spanish pronunciation: [los ˈkaβos]) is a municipality located at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, in the state of Baja California Sur. It encompasses the two towns of Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo (the municipal seat) linked by the thirty-two-km Resort Corridor. The area was remote and rural until the latter 20th century, when the Mexican government began to develop Cabo San Lucas for tourism, which then spread east to the municipal seat. The main draw is the climate and geography, where desert meets the sea, along with sport fishing, resorts and golf. This tourism is by far the main economic activity with over two million visitors per year. Over 1 million visit from the United States. Although San José del Cabo is the seat of government for the municipality of Los Cabos, it is smaller than Cabo San Lucas. San José's growth is now rivaling that of the more famous resort area. This growth has been regulated to outside of the town centre, especially to the south where the beaches are, leaving the historic town centre quiet and relatively unchanged. There are still cobblestone streets, adobe houses, jacaranda trees and a central square in front of a church that dates from the 18th century, where people gather in the evening when it is cooler.
Los Cabos fun facts
- Los Cabos sits at the meeting point of the Pacific Ocean and Sea of Cortez.
- The famous El Arco rock formation is a major landmark and photo spot.
- The Sea of Cortez has the highest marine biodiversity in the world, per Jacques Cousteau.
- Whale watching season brings over 1,000 gray whales from Alaska each winter.