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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.
About five million years ago, the Pacific plate captured Baja California and Southern California, including the Los Angeles region. It began carrying them up the coast as well. As Baja California was pulled away from mainland Mexico, the Gulf of California formed in its wake. During that same motion, Southern California encountered the big bend of the San Andreas fault. It was rammed up against it, pushing up the San Bernardino, San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains. This process continues today.