Mulegé Municipal President Edith Aguilar Villavicencio led a site inspection of a road rehabilitation project at the entrance to San Ignacio’s historic center, the municipal government announced. The project aims to modernize the colonial town’s urban image and improve access to one of Baja California Sur’s most recognizable desert communities.
What the Project Covers
The construction work focuses on the main entrance to San Ignacio’s historic core. According to the Mulegé municipal government, the project involves rehabilitation and modernization of the roadway leading into the town center, home to the 18th-century Misión San Ignacio de Kadakaamán, a Dominican mission recognized by UNESCO.
Aguilar, a member of the PAN party who governs Mexico’s largest municipality by area at more than 33,000 square kilometers, personally inspected the construction site. Mulegé municipality covers the northern half of Baja California Sur and includes towns from Guerrero Negro to Santa Rosalía. San Ignacio sits roughly at the geographic midpoint of the Baja peninsula.
A Key Stop on the Transpeninsular Highway
San Ignacio is a popular rest stop for travelers driving Mexico’s Highway 1 between Tijuana and Cabo San Lucas. The town is known for its shaded central plaza, surrounded by date palms fed by a natural desert oasis and spring-fed river. The mission church, completed in 1786, anchors the plaza and draws visitors year-round.
The town also serves as a gateway to gray whale watching at Laguna San Ignacio, roughly 60 kilometers to the southwest. Whale season runs from January through March, when thousands of gray whales migrate to the lagoon to calve.
Potential Traffic Impacts
Drivers passing through San Ignacio on Highway 1 should be aware that construction near the historic center entrance may cause temporary delays. The highway’s turnoff into San Ignacio leads directly through the area under renovation. No timeline for completion has been publicly announced.
San Ignacio has a population of fewer than 1,000 residents, though the broader area supports small farming and fishing communities. The municipality of Mulegé recorded 64,022 inhabitants in the 2020 Census, with the municipal seat in Santa Rosalía about 75 kilometers to the southeast.
This story was first reported by the Mulegé municipal government at mulege.gob.mx.