Santiago | |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Baja California Sur |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 752 |
Population Urban: | 0 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 23.4819°N -109.7183°W |
Elevation M: | 120 |
Santiago (pronounced as /es/; previously Aiñiní)[1] is a small town in Los Cabos Municipality in Baja California Sur, Mexico, located on Mexico's Highway 1, about an hour's drive north of San José del Cabo. Like Todos Santos it is almost directly on top of the Tropic of Cancer.
The Misión Santiago de Los Coras in Aiñiní was founded in 1724 by the Jesuit missionary, Ignacio Maria Napoli,[2] and closed in 1795; the subsequent Church of Santiago Apostol was built nearby.[3]