page_title: Mulegé
section_title: Historic buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Mulegé / Historic buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: 180° Panorama of Mulegé — with the Misión de Santa Rosalía de Mulege backed by La Mision and Santa Clara mountains. The meandering Mulegé River appears on the right lined with palm trees as seen on a sunny December afternoon. Located in northeastern Baja California Sur state, México. Photo by Gregg M. Erickson.
context_page_description: Mulegé is an oasis town in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, situated at the mouth of the Río de Santa Rosalía. It is the fourth-largest community in Mulegé Municipality. It had a population of 3,821 according to the Mexican federal census of 2010.
context_section_description: The Misión Santa Rosalía de Mulegé is located above the river, overlooking the river valley.
  A special feature of the town is the old prison. It has no bars. The prisoners could freely walk around town and establish or maintain families here. They just had to return to the prison in the evening. Escapes were rare because of the remoteness of Mulegé. Until Mex 1 was paved, the area was surrounded by harsh desert for many miles. All prisoners had to agree to assist in tracking escapees and assist in their capture. Today, the old prison is operated as a museum, with a suggested nominal entry fee.
caption: 180° Panorama of the Misión Santa Rosalía de Mulegé backed by mountains: La Misión and Santa Clara. The meandering Mulegé River appears on the right lined with palm trees as seen on a sunny December afternoon.
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows", "Image DateTime": "2009:12:24 09:25:15", "Image ExifOffset": "164", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "430", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "3956", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/400", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "400", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2009:12:21 11:15:35", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2009:12:21 11:15:35", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "13650", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3674", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "316"}