Cataviña is a town in
San Quintín Municipality,
Baja California
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.
Geography
It is located 118 km (74 mi) south of
El Rosario and 106 km (66 mi) north of the junction of
Federal Highway 12 to
Bahía de los Ángeles. It is accessible by
Federal Highway 1.
Economy
The local economy is dependent on
tourism
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,
ranching
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(Rancho Santa Inés, on the outskirts of the town, is an
ejido
An ''ejido'' (, from Latin ''exitum'') is an area of communal land used for agriculture in which community members have usufruct rights, which in Mexico is not held by the Mexican state. People awarded ejidos in the modern era farm them indiv ...
held in common by the residents), and a couple of private vendors selling gasoline from 55 gallon barrels.
Tourism
Cataviña has a first-rate hotel developed by the National Fund for the Promotion of Tourism in the Mexican government. Nearby are some cave paintings and a field of giant rocks, mixed with desert vegetation, which make the area a place visited for lovers of ecotourism.
Those planning a trip that includes Cataviña, need to make sure to purchase enough fuel to get from El Rosario to
Villa Jesús María, to avoid the necessity of buying the private vendor gasoline just mentioned (the Pemex station in Cataviña is closed, permanently.)
Missions
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Misión San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá
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Misión Santa María de los Ángeles
See also
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Boojum tree
''Fouquieria columnaris'', the Boojum tree or ''cirio'' () is a tree in the Fouquieriaceae, ocotillo family, whose other members include the ocotillos. Some taxonomists place it in the separate genus ''Idria''. It is nearly endemic (ecology), end ...
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Cardón cactus
External links
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Global Positioning System
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Cities in San Quintín Municipality