Cataviña

Town in Baja California, Mexico

29°43′55″N 114°43′15″W / 29.73194°N 114.72083°W / 29.73194; -114.72083Country

MexicoStateBaja CaliforniaMunicipalitySan QuintínElevation

1,841 ft (561 m)Population

(2010)

• Town159 • Urban

0Time zoneUTC-8 (Northwest US Pacific) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (Northwest)

Cataviña is a town in San Quintín Municipality, Baja California.

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, 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.

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.)