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Northern Mexico
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Southern Mexico
A PLACE OF WEALTH WITH PEARL-OYSTER BEDS
During the pre-Hispanic period, the Baja California peninsula was inhabited by nomadic tribes known as Pericú, Guaycura, and Cochimie.
When the Spaniards arrived in this region in 1535, Hernán Cortés was dazzled by its beauty and its wealth of pearl-oyster beds. He attempted to establish a settlement, but the distance and rugged terrain made it difficult.
In 1596, Sebastián Vizcaíno arrived on these coasts and named them La Paz. After several colonization attempts, it was the Jesuits who succeeded in founding the first missions. Juan de Ugarte and Jaime Bravo established the mission of La Paz in 1720, but it was later closed in 1749 due to the reduced number of inhabitants. The missionaries unintentionally decimated the population by introducing smallpox.
The territory of La Paz was abandoned until 1768 when General José de Gálvez established a marine corps.
At the beginning of the 20th century, La Paz was a place with no major events until 1940 when a disease wiped out the oyster beds that had made the bay famous.
In 1974, La Paz officially became the capital of Baja California Sur.
History of La Paz
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