Facts About Oxnard
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Oxnard is a city in Ventura County, California, United States
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The estimated population of Oxnard is 202,063 as of 2020.
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Oxnard is located on the Oxnard Plain, an area with fertile soil. With its beaches, dunes, wetlands, creeks and the Santa Clara River, the area contains a number of important biological communities.
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The economy of Oxnard includes defence, international trade, agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism. Oxnard is a manufacturing centre in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
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Oxnard was incorporated as a city in 1903.
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On average, rainfall totals 15.6 inches per year.
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The climate of Oxnard is dry and subtropical with the average high temperature reaching only 70 degrees and the average low only reaching 52.
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Oxnard is twinned with the following sister city Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
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The area where this city is built was once inhabited by the Chumash Indians.
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In 1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claimed the area that is now Oxnard for Spain.