Comondú Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur

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Municipality in Baja California Sur, Mexico

Coat of arms

Location of Comondú in Baja California Sur.

CountryMexicoStateBaja California SurMunicipal seat and largest cityCiudad ConstituciónGovernment

• MayorIliana Talamantes (MORENA)Area

• Total18,318.6 km² (7,072.9 sq mi)Population

(2020)

• Total73,021 • Density4.0/km² (10/sq mi) • Seat

43,805Time zoneUTC−7 (Pacific (US Mountain)) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (Pacific)INEGI code001

Comondú is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It had a population of 73,021 inhabitants in 2020.^[1] 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.

Politics

The Municipality of Comondú was one of the first three municipalities created in the then Federal South Territory of Baja California as part of a presidential decree of 1971, after a constitutional amendment allowing the creation and election of local councils in the territory, hitherto divided into political delegations. Dated January 1, 1972 Comondú was formally the first City Council. The township government rests with the council; it consists of the Mayor, a trustee and a council composed of fourteen aldermen; the city council is elected for a period of three years by popular vote (direct and secret), starting every April 30 of the election year.

As of March 1, 2021, the municipality reported 1,740 recoveries, 26 active cases, and 158 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1970	32,260	—
1980	57,729	+78.9%
1990	74,346	+28.8%
1992		—
1995	66,096	—
2000	63,864	−3.4%
2005	63,830	−0.1%
2010	70,816	+10.9%
2015	72,564	+2.5%
2020	73,021	+0.6%
Included territory of Loreto Municipality until 1992. ^[3]

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 73,031.^[1]

The municipality had 589 localities, the largest of which (with 2020 populations in parentheses) were: Ciudad Constitución (43,805 hab.), Ciudad Insurgentes (9,133 hab.), Puerto San Carlos (5,742 hab.), classified as urban, and Puerto Adolfo López Mateos (2,227 hab.), Villa Ignacio Zaragoza (1,304 hab.), and Villa Morelos (1,189 hab.), classified as rural.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 2020 Comondú Census
^ "Coronavirus – Baja California Sur Situation Report – Información de Coronavirus". coronavirus.bcs.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno de Baja California Sur. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
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