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California

State

California is the most populous U.S. state, stretching along the Pacific coast of the Western United States between Oregon, Nevada, Arizona and Mexico. Admitted to the Union in 1850 as the 31st state, its capital is Sacramento while Los Angeles is its largest city. The state's geography spans Sierra Nevada peaks, the Central Valley and the Mojave and Colorado deserts, and its economy is the largest of any U.S. state.

Facts
Capital
Sacramento 1
Population
39,355,309 1
2025 estimate from California's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Area (sq km)
423,970 1
Admission Year
1850 1
Admitted to the Union September 9, 1850 (31st state), per the infobox.
Latitude
37 degrees north 1
Longitude
120 degrees west 1
Connections

Adjacent To

Arizona, States or Territories
Source Arizona (Wikipedia)
Nevada, States or Territories
Source California (Wikipedia)
Oregon, States or Territories
Source California (Wikipedia)

Associated With

Bakersfield, California, Cities
Berkeley, Cities
Source Berkeley, California (Wikipedia)
Fresno, Cities

Fresno is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California.

Source Fresno (Wikipedia)
Long Beach, California, Cities
Los Angeles, Cities

Los Angeles is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

Source Los Angeles (Wikipedia)
Oakland, Cities

Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

Source Oakland (Wikipedia)
Pasadena, Cities
Source Pasadena, California (Wikipedia)
Sacramento, Cities

Sacramento is in the U.S. state of California.

Source Sacramento (Wikipedia)
San Diego, Cities

San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California.

Source San Diego (Wikipedia)
San Francisco, Cities

San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in California.

Source San Francisco (Wikipedia)
Stanford, Cities
Source Stanford, California (Wikipedia)
United States, Countries

California is a state of the United States.

Source California (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Benicia, California, Cities
Source Benicia, California (Wikipedia)
Sacramento, Cities

Sacramento is the capital of California.

Source Sacramento (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

How the gold rush carried California to statehood and sent its capital wandering, Articles
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California

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Origin Of

Dorothy Liebes

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Kaffe Fassett

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Source Wikidata: Kaffe Fassett
Millard Sheets

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Source Getty ULAN artist record 500023740, Sheets, MillardBirth and Death Places
Quote, Birth and Death Places
Born: California (United States) (state)
Cheese zombie

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Source Cheese zombie (Wikipedia)Lead, Concord version
Quote, Lead, Concord version
A second type of cheese zombie was invented in Concord, California, in 1963 by Decla Phillips and Helen Ballock, bakers employed at Mount Diablo High School.
HP 200A

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Source HP 200A (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
The HP 200A Audio Oscillator, first built in 1938, was the first product made by Hewlett-Packard and was manufactured in David Packard's garage in Palo Alto, California.
Ice Resurfacer

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Source Ice resurfacer (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
The first ice resurfacer was developed by American inventor and engineer Frank Zamboni in 1949 in Paramount, California.

Location Of

Golden State Killer Case

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Zodiac Killer Case

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Of Mice and Men

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Source Of Mice and Men (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph, sentence naming the settingtier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph, sentence naming the setting
It describes the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California, searching for jobs during the Great Depression.
Mexican-American War

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Source Wikipedia: Mexican-American WarInfobox: locationtier 4
Quote, Infobox: location
Texas, New Mexico, California; Northern, Central, and Eastern Mexico; Mexico City

Site Of

Sunset Boulevard

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21st Amendment Brewery

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Alphabet Inc.

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Alpine Beer Company

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Anderson Valley Brewing Company

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Atari Corporation

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Atari, Inc.

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Auburn Alehouse

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Ballast Point Brewing Company

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Be Inc.

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Butler Amusements

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Consumers' Cooperative of Berkeley

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Convergent Technologies

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Cooper Companies, Inc.

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Crown International Pictures

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Deckers Brands

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Destination Films

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Devil's Canyon Brewing Company

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Digital Research

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DirecTV

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DreamWorks Animation

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Earthbound Farm

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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

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Eel River Brewing Company

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Electric Entertainment

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Emerson Knives

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Source Emerson Knives (Wikipedia)Infobox: hq_location
Quote, Infobox: hq_location
Torrance, California
Etheric Networks

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Franklin Resources, Inc.

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Gener8Xion Entertainment

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

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General Magic

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Gillig

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Guidewire Software

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Hewlett-Packard

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Honda Racing Corporation USA

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Source Honda Racing Corporation USA (Wikipedia)Lead, headquarters
Quote, Lead, headquarters
is based in Santa Clarita, California
Icon Aircraft

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iXsystems

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Keysight Technologies, Inc.

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Koniku

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Legoland California

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Librascope

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Lockheed Corporation

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Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad

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Lucid Group

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Lundberg Family Farms

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Mad River Brewing Company

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Mattel, Inc.

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MIPS Technologies

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Monterey Media

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Moonlight Brewing Company

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Found There

Miotylopus gibbi

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Miotylopus gibbiOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Miotylopus leonardi

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Miotylopus leonardiOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Mohave ground squirrel

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Source Mohave ground squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, living or extinct
Quote, Lead, living or extinct
found only in the Mojave Desert in California
Osodobenus eodon

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Source Osodobenus (Wikipedia)Discovery and naming
Quote, Discovery and naming
Capistrano Formation, Orange County, California
Palaeolama mirifica

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Palaeolama mirificaOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Panamint chipmunk

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Source Panamint chipmunk (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
desert mountain areas of southeast California and southwest Nevada
Parabalaenoptera baulinensis

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Source Parabalaenoptera (Wikipedia)Lead, where found
Quote, Lead, where found
found in Late Miocene sediments in Marin County, California
Paramiolabis minutus

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Paramiolabis minutusOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Paramiolabis singularis

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Paramiolabis singularisOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Paramiolabis taylori

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Paramiolabis tayloriOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Paramiolabis tenuis

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Paramiolabis tenuisOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Pelagiarctos thomasi

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Source Pelagiarctos (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, in Kern County, California
Pleiolama vera

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Pleiolama veraOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Pliauchenia magnifontis

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Pliauchenia magnifontisOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Pliauchenia raki

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Pliauchenia rakiOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Pliopedia pacifica

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Source Pliopedia (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
found in what is now Central Valley, California, United States
Poebrodon californicus

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Poebrodon californicusOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Pontolis barroni

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Source Pontolis (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
Pontolis lived along the Pacific coast of North America along what is now the western coasts of California and Oregon
Pontolis kohnoi

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Source Pontolis (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
Pontolis lived along the Pacific coast of North America along what is now the western coasts of California and Oregon
Pontolis magnus

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Source Pontolis (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
Pontolis lived along the Pacific coast of North America along what is now the western coasts of California and Oregon
Procamelus grandis

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Procamelus grandisOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Protolabis barstowensis

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Protolabis barstowensisOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Pygmy mammoth

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Source Pygmy mammoth (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
native to the northern Channel Islands off the coast of southern California
Rhacochilus toxotes

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Source Rhacochilus toxotes (Wikipedia)Habitat and ecology, range
Quote, Habitat and ecology, range
Rubberlip surfperch are found from Cabo Thurloe at the tip of the Baja California Sur to Medocino County in Northern California
Stenomylus hitchcocki

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Stenomylus hitchcockiOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Tanymykter brachyodontus

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Source The Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Tanymykter brachyodontusOccurrence record, place
Quote, Occurrence record, place
"state": "California"
Titanotaria orangensis

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Source Titanotaria (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
from the Miocene of Orange County, California
Tule perch

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Source Tule perch (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
native to the rivers and estuaries of central California
Valenictus chulavistensis

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Source Valenictus (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Valenictus is an extinct genus of Odobenidae from the Pliocene of California.
Valenictus imperialensis

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Source Valenictus (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Valenictus is an extinct genus of Odobenidae from the Pliocene of California.
Windsurfing

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Source Windsurfing (Wikipedia)Lead, origin region
Quote, Lead, origin region
emerged in the late 1960s from the Californian aerospace and surf culture

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Sources
1. California (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, capital
    Capital Sacramento
  • Infobox, population
    Population (2025) Total 39355309
  • Lead section
    With a population of over 39 million across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the most populous U.S. state and the third largest by land area.
  • Article text
    It organized itself and was admitted as the 31st state in 1850 as a free state, following the Compromise of 1850.
  • Page header, coordinates
    wgCoordinates lat 37, lon -120
  • Lead section
    California is a state in the Western United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, the Mexican state of Baja California to the south, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
View the Source
Wikidata: California
Wikidata Q99, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Los Angeles (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Los Angeles, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: Los Angeles, Lead section
Los Angeles (often shortened as LA or L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California.
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Pasadena, California (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Pasadena, Infobox, State
Quote, Associated With: Pasadena, Infobox, State
California
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Stanford, California (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Stanford, Infobox, State
Quote, Associated With: Stanford, Infobox, State
California
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Berkeley, California (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Berkeley, Infobox, State
Quote, Associated With: Berkeley, Infobox, State
California
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Arizona (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAdjacent To: Arizona, Lead section, borders California
Quote, Adjacent To: Arizona, Lead section, borders California
sharing the Four Corners region with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the northwest and California to the west, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest.
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Fresno (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Fresno, Infobox, State
Quote, Associated With: Fresno, Infobox, State
California
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Oakland (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Oakland, Infobox, State
Quote, Associated With: Oakland, Infobox, State
California
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San Diego (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: San Diego, Infobox, State
Quote, Associated With: San Diego, Infobox, State
California
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San Francisco (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: San Francisco, Infobox, State
Quote, Associated With: San Francisco, Infobox, State
California
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Benicia, California (Wikipedia)
Has Capital: Benicia, California, Lead, capital of California
Quote, Has Capital: Benicia, California, Lead, capital of California
It served as the capital of California for nearly thirteen months from 1853 to 1854.
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