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California (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 119 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -119.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by many ethnic nationalities including Mojave, Yuma and Chumash when Spanish arrived in 16th cen.; Franciscans established missions all along coast; went to Mexico in 1820s; went to US in 1848; great influx of settlers from E arrived in gold rush. |
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| California (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name derives from a Spanish poem, explorers used the name for this area in 16th cen. |
| CA (C,V,USPS)
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since September 9, 1850 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| capital is .... |
Sacramento .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, California, Sacramento county) [7017902] |
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