Comondú Municipality
Comondú | |
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Top: Comondú Municipal Hall at Ciudad Constitución ; Middle: Mission San Luis Gonzaga Chiriyaqui, La Purísima Oasis; Bottom: Mission San José de Comondú, San Miguel de Comondú Town | |
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Location of Comondú in Baja California Sur. | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Baja California Sur |
| Municipal seat and largest city | Ciudad Constitución |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ing. Roberto Pantoja Castro (MORENA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 18,318.6 km2 (7,072.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 73,021 |
| • Density | 3.9862/km2 (10.324/sq mi) |
| • Seat | 43,805 |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Pacific (US Mountain)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (Pacific) |
| INEGI code | 001 |
Comondú is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It had a population of 73,021 inhabitants in 2020. With a land area of 16,318.6 km2 (7,072.9 sq mi), it is the seventh-largest municipality in area in Mexico. The municipal seat is located in Ciudad Constitución.
The Spanish missions of San José de Comondú and San Luis Gonzaga are located in this municipality. The Rocas Alijos, a group of tiny uninhabited rocks that are 300 km west off the coast, are part of the municipality.
The municipality of Comondú takes its name from an indigenous Californian root: caamanc cadeu, of the Cochimí ethnic group, which means: reed bed in a ravine - The center is divided into two unequal parts; the upper part has a rising sun, on the right a cardón type cactus (cardón). Other villages of relevance Cd. Insurgentes, Puerto San Carlos, Puerto Lopez Mateos, Villa Ignacio Zaragoza, San Juanico, San Isidro, La Purisima, Cadeje, Tepentu, Villa Morelos. Once a prosperous agricultural valley, mainly grains, and a lot of other non seasonal products (Asparagus, Oranges, tomatoes, onion, and cotton).