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NICK NAME | The Golden State | |
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CAPITAL CITY | Sacramento | |
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LARGEST CITY | Los Angeles | |
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SECOND LARGEST CITY | San Diego | |
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LARGEST COUNTY | Los Angeles | |
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AREA | 163,707 sq. miles; 155,973 sq. miles land, 7,7734 sq. miles water. (3rd Largest state) | |
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HIGHEST ELEVATION | 14,494 ft., Mount Whiteney (Tulare County). | |
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LOWEST POINT | -282 ft., Death Valley (Inyo County). | |
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ABBREVIATION | CA (postal); Calif; Cali. (traditional) | |
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AREA CODE(S) | 209, 213, 310, 352, 408, 415, 510, 619, 707, 714, 805, 818, 916, 954 | |
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TIME ZONE | Pacific Standard Time | |
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PART OF REGION | Far West; Pacific Coast | |
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ADMISSION DATE | September 9, 1850 (31th State) | |
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LOCATION | On the Pacific coast of the United States, bordering Mexico, Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona. | |
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NAME ORIGIN | As Spanish explorers moved north from Baja (Lower) California, the Mexican peninsula to the south, they named the land above the peninsula to the Alta "upper" California. The name was originally that of a treasure island in a Spanish romance, Las sergas de esplandian (1850), by Ordonez de Montalvo. | |
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STATE BIRD | California Valley Quail (Callipepla Californica) | |
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STATE FISH | South Fork Golden Trout | |
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STATE FLOWER | Golden Poppy (Eschscholtzia Californica) | |
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STATE MINERAL | Native Gold | |
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STATE SONG | "I Love You, California" | |
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STATE STONE | Serpentine | |
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STATE TREE | California Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) | |
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STATE MOTTO | Eureka (Greek: "I have found it") |
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