Baja California (state) (Alternity)

Baja California (BA), often called simply Baja, is a state located on the Baja Peninsula in the West Coast region of the United States. Admitted to the Union as the 40th state on September 27, 1864, Baja California is the southernmost of the contiguous 'lower 55', and contains one of the driest climates in the US, with much of the state's population of 4,361,000 located in coastal cities like the state capital of San Pedro, largest city of San Lucas (pop. 840,000), and La Paz, while much of the remainder lives in the northern city of Tijuana, located just south of the California border. An Ohio-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine is named for the state - USS Baja California (SSBN-748).

In Popular Culture

 * The hit 1989 American horror film Baja, and its 1997 sequel Baja II are set in the fictional towns of Upperton and Lucaston respectively, along the state's Pacific Coast. Both films revolve around a series of supernatural/demonic occurances in the early 20th century, occurances related to the Oaxin Indians, a group of Native Americans that vanished from the region centuries ago. The original film is based off the Ben Corrin novel of the same name, which was published in 1985.