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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.
The name âCaliforniaâ eventually was used to refer to the entire peninsula of Baja (Lower) California, comprising what are now the states of Baja California Sur and Baja California Norteâin Mexicoâ as well as what is now the state of California, USA, originally known as Alta Californiaâupper California.he Gulf of California is now also known as Sea of Cortes. After the war on 1846 Alta California became part of the USA and the âAltaâ part of its name was dropped. Baja California remained in Mexico keeping the âBajaâ as part of its name.