Los Barriles

Los Barriles
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Coordinates: 23°40′48″N109°41′58″W / 23.68000°N 109.69944°W / 23.68000; -109.69944
Country	Mexico
State	Baja California Sur
Municipality	La Paz
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,674

Los Barriles ("The Barrels") is a town in La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico. ^[1] As 2020, the town had a population of 1,674 people. ^[2]

It is situated along Highway 1, 40 miles (64 km) north of San José del Cabo and 65 miles (105 km) south of La Paz. Punta Pescadero Airstrip is 9 miles (14 km) to the north; Rancho Leonero, a vacation resort, is to the south. Adjacent to Buenavista, the rural towns straddle the head of Bahía las Palmas on the Gulf of California, ^[3] where winter westerlies average 20–25 knots (37–46 km/h; 23–29 mph). Los Barriles is within the transition area of the Baja California peninsula's Sierra de la Laguna where the hills become sandy flats. ^[4]

Mexican starfish mutation, the Devil Star, found in the Gulf of California between Los Barriles and La Paz.

Los Barriles Beach

Known for its flyfishing, ^[5] Los Barriles is also Baja's kitesurfing and windsurfing capital. ^[6] The town's port was closed on 2 September during the 2013 Pacific hurricane season's Tropical Storm Lorena. In 2006, the Shakespeare Theatre Association's annual conference was held in Los Barriles. ^[7]

References

1. "La Paz". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
2. 2020 La Paz Census
3. Rains, Patricia (1 January 2006). Mexico Boating Guide. Mexico Boating Guide. pp. 77–. ISBN   978-0-9638470-5-8.
4. Frommer's (7 December 2011). East Cape, La Paz and Todos Santos, Mexico: Frommer's ShortCuts. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 6–. ISBN   978-1-118-18687-9.
5. Shook, Phil (15 January 2013). Flyfisher's Guide to Mexico. Wilderness Adventures Press. pp. 321–. ISBN   978-1-932098-97-6.
6. Mexico. Lonely Planet. 2010. pp. 265–. ISBN   978-1-74220-358-4.
7. "Past Conferences". Shakespeare Theatre Association.

23°40′48″N109°41′58″W / 23.68000°N 109.69944°W / 23.68000; -109.69944