Cataviña, Baja California | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Label: | Cataviña |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 280 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Baja California |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | San Quintín |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 159 |
Population Urban: | 0 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | Northwest US Pacific |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | Northwest |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Coordinates: | 29.7319°N -114.7208°W |
Elevation M: | 561 |
Cataviña is a town in San Quintín Municipality, Baja California.
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.
The local economy is dependent on tourism, ranching (Rancho Santa Inés, on the outskirts of the town, is an ejido held in common by the residents), and a couple of private vendors selling gasoline from 55 gallon barrels.
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.)