Comondú Municipality


Comondú is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It had a population of 73,021 inhabitants in 2020. With a land area of 16,318.6 km2, it is the seventh-largest municipality in area in Mexico. The municipal seat is located in Ciudad Constitución.
The Spanish missions of San José de Comondú and San Luis Gonzaga are located in this municipality. The Rocas Alijos, a group of tiny uninhabited rocks that are 300 km west off the coast, are part of the municipality.
The municipality of Comondú takes its name from an indigenous Californian root: caamanc cadeu, of the Cochimí ethnic group, which means: reed bed in a ravine - The center is divided into two unequal parts; the upper part has a rising sun, on the right a cardón type cactus. Other villages of relevance Cd. Insurgentes, Puerto San Carlos, Puerto Lopez Mateos, Villa Ignacio Zaragoza, San Juanico, San Isidro, La Purisima, Cadeje, Tepentu, Villa Morelos. Once a prosperous agricultural valley, mainly grains, and a lot of other non seasonal products.
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Politics

The Municipality of Comondú was one of the first three municipalities created in the then Federal South Territory of Baja California as part of a presidential decree of 1971, after a constitutional amendment allowing the creation and election of local councils in the territory, hitherto divided into political delegations. Dated January 1, 1972 Comondú was formally the first City Council. The township government rests with the council; it consists of the Mayor, a trustee and a council composed of fourteen aldermen; the city council is elected for a period of three years by popular vote, starting every April 30 of the election year.
As of March 1, 2021, the municipality reported 1,740 recoveries, 26 active cases, and 158 deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.

Demographics

As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 73,031.
The municipality had 589 localities, the largest of which were: Ciudad Constitución, Ciudad Insurgentes, Puerto San Carlos, classified as urban, and Puerto Adolfo López Mateos, Villa Ignacio Zaragoza, and Villa Morelos, classified as rural.

Notable people