California
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About CaliforniaCalifornia´s unique geography puts nearly every type of landscape within a day¹s drive. From the beaches of San Diego, up the coast to Santa Monica and Los Angeles, to San Francisco through wine country and into the northern redwood forests. The world's first cable car debuted in San Francisco in the 1870's. It¹s now the nation's only mobile national monument. |
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HI-USA Local Council for California
Origin of State name: Named by Spanish after Califia, a mythical paradise in a Spanish romance, written by Montalvo in 1510.
Area: 163,707 square miles
Population: 33,871,648








