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4 unusual facts about Baja


Economy of Bács-Kiskun

During the privatisation, the Danube Knitting Mill in Baja was acquired by an American financial investment group

The local government of Baja are encouraging the expansion of foreign capital by reducing local taxes.

Meir Eisenstaedter

Eisenstaedter was called to the Baja rabbinate in 1807, where he directed a large yeshiva.

Zirc Abbey

The monastery was re-established in 1989 and maintains residences in Eger, Baja, Budapest, Pécs and Székesfehérvár.


Amir Korangy

After college, Korangy moved to Baja, Mexico where he commenced his career as a publisher.

Aurora Levins Morales

Levins Morales was born February 24, 1954 in Indiera Baja, Maricao, Puerto Rico.

Azuqueca de Henares

Azuqueca is connected by road, which circulate both cars and buses line Alovera, Quer, Villanueva de la Torre, Torrejón del Rey and the northern region of the countryside, Meco, Chiloeches and Baja Alcarria.

B. armata

Brahea armata, the Mexican blue palm or blue hesper palm, a palm species native to Baja California

Baja Verapaz Department

Baja Verapaz houses the Mario Dary Biotope Preserve, preserving the native flora and fauna of the region, especially the endangered national bird of Guatemala, the Resplendent Quetzal.

C. cyaneus

Ceanothus cyaneus, the San Diego buckbrush or lakeside ceanothus, a flowering plant species found in California and Baja California

C. spinosus

Ceanothus spinosus, the greenbark ceanothus or redheart, a plant species native to southern California and northern Baja California

California Floristic Province

In Baja California, the province includes the forest and chaparral belts of the Sierra Juarez and the Sierra San Pedro Martir (but excluding their desert slopes to the east), coastal areas south to about El Rosario, and Guadalupe Island.

Camissoniopsis lewisii

as an example occurrence in Baja California, C. lewisii occurs in association with Mimulus aridus and Adiantum jordanii.

Cataviña

Cataviña, Baja California is a small town on Highway 1 in the Mexican state of Baja California.

Clement Woodward Meighan

His fieldwork was widely dispersed, including stints throughout various parts of California and in Utah, Arizona, Baja California, western and central Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Chile, Guam, Nubia, and Syria.

D. edulis

Dudleya edulis, the fingertip, a succulent plant species native to southern California and Baja California

De León

Manuel Márquez de León International Airport, the airport serving La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

E. californica

Encelia californica, the California brittlebush, a flowering plant species native to southern California and Baja California

Economy of Bács-Kiskun

Among the industrial companies operating in the area of Baja are UNILEVER Rt. producing deep frozen products, the Bread factory of Bácska Sütoipari Rt., the abattoir of DÉLHÚS and the Pannonia Brewery.

El Rosarito

El Rosarito, Baja California (Ejido Nuevo Rosarito) is a small town in the Mexican state of Baja California, on Highway 1 between Cataviña to the north and Villa Jesús María to the south.

Extriplex

It is known from the Central Valley and the valleys of the inner coast ranges, and from slightly north of San Francisco to Cedros Island, Baja California, where is grows on sandy coasts, in shrubland and salt marshes.

Fernando Castro Trenti

He secured a seat in the senate during the 2006 congressional elections as the first minority senator; hence he would have served during the LX and the LXI Legislatures (2006–2012) he is considered the most productive senator in the history of Baja California .

G. californica

Gutierrezia californica, the San Joaquin snakeweed and California matchweed, a flowering plant species native to California and Baja California

G. salicifolia

Garrya salicifolia, the willowleaf silktassel, a plant species in the genus Garrya foud in Baja California, Mexico

George H. Sisson

This was extended with additional purchases to 28° North, which later was to become the border between Baja California and Baja California Sur, Land was also purchased northward to the United States border.

Iván Hernández

Iván Hernández González, Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Vega Baja

Juan María de Salvatierra

He soon mastered an indigenous language, and in seven years established six other missions along the Baja California coast.

Macrocypraea cervinetta

A. Myra Keen - Sea shells of tropical West America: marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru - Stanford University Press, 1971

MCKV Institute of Engineering

At Baja Saeindia 2007, India's first ever vehicle design and build competition held in December 2007, at the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP) facility in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, 27 teams were shortlisted out of 52 from all over India.

Mouthless crab

Cardisoma crassum, found in the eastern coastal Pacific from Baja California to Peru

O. californica

Oenothera californica, the California evening primrose, a flowering plant species native to parts of the southwestern United States and Baja California

P. imbricata

Phacelia imbricata, a plant species native to much of California and Baja California

Passenger vehicles in the United States

From then on, the production was limited to Subaru models such as Legacy and its derivatives Outback and Baja, as well as the new B9 Tribeca.

Punta Prieta

Punta Prieta, Baja California, a desert town in the Mexican state of Baja California

R. californica

Rafinesquia californica, the California chicory or California plumeseed, a flowering plant species native to most of the southwestern United States as far north as Oregon and to Baja California in Mexico

Rosarito Beach

In 1533, mutineer Fortún Ximénez was the first European to land in Baja California, at La Paz, Baja California Sur.

San Diego and Arizona Railway

In 1979 San Diego's Metropolitan Development Board (MTDB) purchased three portions of the SD&AE: from Plaster City to the border, from San Diego south of the border between San Ysidro. California, and Tijuana, Baja California, and from San Diego east to El Cajon.

Spanish Baja

In 1992 the Spanish Baja was cancelled as it coincided with the Olympic games in Barcelona.

Spanish bayonet

Hesperoyucca whipplei — Southern California, United States and Baja California, Mexico.

Starry rockfish

The starry rockfish occurs from Thetis Bank, Baja California, to San Francisco, California, and is found around rocky offshore reefs at depths of 80 to 900 feet.

Stompers

Fun x4s ("Exclusively designed from the real street hot-rods!") debuted in 1982, consisting of the AMC (American Motors) SX/4, two Chevrolets (van and 1956 Nomad), Jeep CJ, Subaru hatchback, and Volkswagen Baja Bug.

Tomás de la Cerda, 3rd Marquis of la Laguna

They explored the coast of Baja California as far as La Paz, and then returned to port in Navidad, Jalisco.

Tortuga Island

Isla Tortuga, a volcanic island in the Gulf of California, part of Baja California, Mexico

Trompa de Ribagorza

The trompa de ribagorza is a double-reeded wind instrument, revived by Mariano Pascual based oi instruments preserved in Graus, similar to those used in the 19th Century by the pipers of Caserras del Castillo and other areas in Baja Ribagorza Oriental.

TSR Records

Since its hey-day, TSR moved on from dance music to releasing mostly new age and smooth jazz music in the 1990s under the name Baja/TSR Records, including several Billboard chart-ranked albums of Nuevo Flamenco guitar music by Armik, Young & Rollins, NovaMenco, Behzad, and Luis Villegas.

Ulva acanthophora

Ulva acanthophora is a species of benthic subtropical seaweed in Ulvaceae family that can be found in Baja, California and Mexico.

Villa Jesús María

Villa Jesús María, Baja California is a small town in Baja California on Highway 1 between El Rosarito to the north and Guerrero Negro to the south.

Virgil Lozano

Lozano was the last Middleweight Champion of the Cage of Fire and Baja Cage Fighting MMA Promotions and a former member of Ken Shamrock's Lions Den fighting team during the late 90's, early 2000s.

Yessica

Yessica Ramírez, who represented the Mexican state of Baja California in the national pageant Nuestra Belleza Mexico


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