Baja California ('Lower California'), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California . It has an area of 70,113 km2 (27,071 sq mi) (3.57% of the land mass of Mexico) and comprises... Wikipedia