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One of Mexico’s most popular holiday destinations, the city and resort of Cabo San Lucas is located in the Baja California Sur region of the country some 100 kilometres south of the capital La Paz. With a population approaching 60,000, it is the biggest town in the Los Cabos municipality, and has developed as a desirable tourist destination since the 1970’s with many resorts and urbanizations appearing on the coastline surrounding the city. The original fishing village grew around an American tuna fishing operation, which began in the early twentieth century, fish being plentiful in the region due to the warm waters off this coastline. As the ideal conditions for sport fishing were discovered, Cabo San Lucas began to develop as a luxury fishing resort with an emphasis on marlin fishing, its continued development into a holiday resort was natural and encouraged by the Mexican government, seeing the obvious opportunity for financial gain. Luxury villas, apartments and holiday complexes abound in Cabo San Lucas as thousands of visitors arrive to enjoy the wonderful weather and the warm waters of its fabulous beaches. Cabo San Lucas Map.