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2 days ago · California, constituent state of the United States of America. It was admitted as the 31st state of the union on September 9, 1850, and by the early 1960s it was the most populous U.S. state. No version of the origin of California’s name has been fully accepted, but there is wide support for the contention that it derived from an early 16th ...
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Sacramento, city, capital of California, U.S., and seat of...
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California - Diversity, Migration, Economy: The California...
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California - Exploration, Gold Rush, Statehood: When Spanish...
- List of U.S. State Capitals
This is a list of the cities that are state capitals in the...
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California - Education, Universities, Colleges: California...
- Baja California
Baja California’s proximity to U.S. markets and the...
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California - Cultural, Institutions, Diversity: The...
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Eureka, city, port, and seat (1856) of Humboldt county,...
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May 16, 2024 · Outline Map. Key Facts. California, nicknamed the Golden State, sits on the United States Western coast. It borders the states of Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon. Additionally, it extends southward to Mexico and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west. In 1848, the United States acquired California from Mexico, marking the end of the Mexican ...
5 days ago · The University of California ( UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Oakland, the system is composed of its ten campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz, along with numerous research centers and ...
2 days ago · Orange County (officially the County of Orange; often known by its initials O.C.) is a county located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, [4] making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, and more ...
2 days ago · The University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA) [1] is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University.
1 day ago · The endangered El Segundo blue butterfly ( Euphilotes battoides allyni) is native to the county. Los Angeles, city, seat of Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. It is the second most populous city and metropolitan area in the U.S. Home of the American entertainment industry, the city is also known for its pleasant weather, urban sprawl ...
4 days ago · Greater Los Angeles is a politically divided metropolitan area. During the 1970s and 1980s, the region leaned toward the Republican Party. Los Angeles County, the most populous of the region, is a Democratic stronghold, although it voted twice for both Richard Nixon (1968 and 1972) and Ronald Reagan (1980 and 1984).
