Baja California Territory

Baja California Territory
Territory of Mexico
1824–1931

Location of the Baja California Territory (red) in Mexico, 1824.
CapitalLoreto (1824–1829)
La Paz (1829–1931)
 • TypeTerritory of Mexico
History 
• Created
1824
• Divided
1931
Preceded by
Succeeded by
The Californias
State of the Californias
Republic of Sonora
California Department
Department of the Californias
Republic of Baja California
California Department
Territory of Baja California Norte
Territory of Baja California Sur
1850 map: Baja California Territory in yellow (left).

Baja California Territory (Territorio de Baja California) was a Mexican territory from 1824 to 1853, and 1854 to 1931, that encompassed the Baja California peninsula of present-day northwestern Mexico. It replaced the Baja California Province (1773–1824) of the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain, after Mexican independence. Along with Alta California, the two territories were split from the Spanish Californias region.

In 1931, Baja California Territory was divided into the "Territory of Baja California Norte" and the "Territory of Baja California Sur". In 1952, the "North Territory" became the 29th State of Mexico as Baja California. In 1974, the "South Territory" became the 31st state as Baja California Sur.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Memoria Política de México". www.memoriapoliticademexico.org. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  2. ^ Halleck, H. W. (1977). The Mexican War in Baja California : the memorandum of Captain Henry W. Halleck concerning his expeditions in Lower California, 1846-1848. Doyce B. Nunis. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. ISBN 0-87093-239-X. OCLC 3620342.