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Baja California (. [Ëbaxa kaliËfornja] listen (helpÂ·info)), officially Free and Sovereign State of Baja California (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico.It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.n fact, the westernmost point in Mexico, the Guadalupe Island, is part of Baja California. The Coronado, Todos Santos and Cedros Islands are also on the Pacific Shore. On the Gulf of California, the biggest island is the Angel de la Guarda, separated from the peninsula by the deep and narrow Canal de Ballenas.
Its land mass separates the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California / Sea of Cortez.The Baja California Peninsula extends 1,247 kilometres (775 mi) from Mexicali, in the northern state of Baja California to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, the southern state of the peninsula.he total area of the Baja California Peninsula is 143,390 square kilometres (55,360 sq mi). The peninsula is separated from mainland Mexico by the Sea of Cortez and the Colorado River.