El Cajon is a city in San Diego County, California, about seventeen miles east of downtown San Diego. Its name comes from Rancho El Cajon, which was named for the box-like shape of the valley that surrounds the city, and the city is commonly nicknamed the Box. El Cajon was incorporated as a city in 1912. For the first half of the twentieth century it was known for grape, avocado and citrus agriculture. It is bordered by San Diego and La Mesa to the west, Spring Valley to the south, Santee to the north and unincorporated San Diego County to the east, and had a population of 106,215 at the 2020 census.
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1. El Cajon, California (Wikipedia)
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As of the 2020 census, El Cajon had a population of 106,215.
Geography
the city has a total area of 14.4 square miles (37 km2)
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132
Part Of: United States, Lead paragraph
is a city in San Diego County, California, United States
On Continent: North America, Lead paragraph
is a city in San Diego County, California, United States
In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Lead
is a city in San Diego County, California, United States
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, -116.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, -116.75
32.75 -116.75 Csa
3. GeoNames: El Cajon - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 5345529, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 5345529, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
32.79477 -116.96253 P PPL US CA 073 103679 133 133 America/Los_Angeles
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