Tag: California

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Anaheim

    10 Interesting Facts About Anaheim

    Facts About Anaheim Anaheim’s name is a blend of Ana, after the nearby Santa Ana River, and German -Heim meaning “home”, which is also a common Germanic place name compound The city has a total area of 50.8 square miles, 49.8 square miles of which is land and 1.0 square mile of which is water.…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Stockton

    10 Interesting Facts About Stockton

    Facts About Stockton Stockton was founded by Carlos Maria Weber in 1849 after he acquired Rancho Campo de Los Franceses. The city is named after Robert F. Stockton, and it was the first community in California to have a name, not of Spanish or Native American origin. Stockton is the 13th largest city in California…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Riverside

    10 Interesting Facts About Riverside

    Facts About Riverside Riverside is the 58th largest city in the United States, the 12th largest city in California, and the largest city in California’s Inland Empire metro area. The city has a total area of 81.4 square miles, of which 81.1 square miles is land and 0.3 square miles is water. The elevation of…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Santa Ana

    10 Interesting Facts About Santa Ana

    Facts About Santa Ana Santa Ana is the County Seat and second-largest city in Orange County, and the eleventh largest in California. The elevation of Santa Ana is 115 feet above sea level. Members of the Tongva and Juaneño/Luiseño are indigenous to the area. The Tongva called the Santa Ana area “Hotuuk.”. Santa Ana is…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Bakersfield

    10 Interesting Facts About Bakersfield

    Facts About Bakersfield Bakersfield is a significant hub for both agriculture and energy production. The city is also the birthplace of the country music genre known as the Bakersfield sound. Bakersfield lies near the southern “horseshoe” end of the San Joaquin Valley, with the southern tip of the Sierra Nevada just to the east. The…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Long Beach

    10 Interesting Facts About Long Beach

    Facts About Long Beach The Port of Long Beach is one of the largest shipping ports in the world and is the second-largest seaport in the United States. The average altitude of Long Beach is 16 metres above sea level. On average, Long Beach enjoys 345 days of sunshine every year. The city is known…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Sacramento

    10 Interesting Facts About Sacramento

    Facts About Sacramento The average altitude of Sacramento is 9 metres above sea level. Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat and largest city of Sacramento County. Sacramento is known for its evolving contemporary culture and is dubbed the most “hipster city” in California. The city covers 100.1…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Fresno

    10 Interesting Facts About Fresno

    Facts About Fresno The city of Fresno covers a total area of 297 square kilometres. The original inhabitants of the San Joaquin Valley region were the Yokuts people and Miwok people, who engaged in trading with other Californian tribes of Native Americans including coastal peoples such as the Chumash of the Central California coast, with…

  • 20 Interesting Facts About San Jose

    20 Interesting Facts About San Jose

    Facts About San Jose San Jose is named after el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the city’s predecessor, which was eventually located in the area of what is now the Plaza de César Chávez. The Santa Clara Valley has been home to the Tamyen group of the Ohlone people since around 4,000 BC. San…