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Cabo San Lucas
Introduction - General Information - History

Cabo San Lucas - San Jose del Cabo - Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Cabo San Lucas - Introduction

Cabo San Lucas is located at the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula in the State of Baja California Sur. Cabo San Lucas is approximately 1,000 miles south of San Diego, California, 10 degrees below the Tropic of Cancer at a latitude of approximately 22 degrees. Cabo San Lucas is approximately 22 miles southwest of the Los Cabos International Airport and 18 miles west of San Jose del Cabo.



San Jose del Cabo - Introduction and Brief History

If you are unfamiliar with what constitutes ‘Los Cabos’ it goes like this: located on the most southern extremity of Baja California Sur, the rowdy raucous resort community of Cabo San Lucas is on the west end of the peninsula tip and approximately eighteen miles to the east, you will find the more laidback, peaceful, colonial town of San Jose del Cabo. Los Cabos (The Capes) includes both communities connected by a eighteen-mile stretch of waterfront hotels, celebrity designed golf courses and luxury home developments. San Jose del Cabo article by David Mandich continues ...



Cabo San Lucas - A Brief History
Hernán Cortez sat in his headquarters on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec scheming about what he might conquer next. Bingo! A shipwreck survivor reported an island ten sailing days north that was populated by Amazons and was rich in gold and pearls. That sounded to Hernán like the fabled island of California ruled by the Amazonian Queen, Calafia. He fairly drooled at the thought. "Andale, hombre", he told his ship builder, "get on with it". Cabo San Lucas... A Brief History continues...


Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico - Last Revision - 23 April, 2004