Palm Desert is a city in the Coachella Valley region of Riverside County, California, United States. It is located in the Colorado Desert arm of the Sonoran Desert, about 14 miles (23 km) east of Palm Springs, 121 miles (195 km) northeast of San Diego and 122 miles (196 km) east of Los Angeles. The 2020 census counted 51,163 residents. The city has been one of the fastest-growing in the state since 1980, when its population was 11,801, which means the population has risen more than fourfold over that period.
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1. Palm Desert, California (Wikipedia)
Lead paragraph, population sentence
The population was 51,163 at the 2020 census
History, incorporation
On November 26, 1973, Palm Desert was incorporated as the 17th city in Riverside County.
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On Continent: North America, Lead sentence
Palm Desert is a city in the Coachella Valley region of Riverside County, California
Part Of: United States, Lead sentence
Palm Desert is a city in the Coachella Valley region of Riverside County, California
In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Lead
is a city in the Coachella Valley region of Riverside County, California
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 33.75, -116.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.75, -116.25
33.75 -116.25 BWh
3. GeoNames: Palm Desert - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 5380626, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 5380626, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
33.72255 -116.37697 P PPL US CA 065 51869 67 66 America/Los_Angeles
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