California, 31st State
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(I have found it)Name (derived from a popular Spanish romance novel published in 1510; by Spanish author named Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo. ): “California ”; “fictional island paradise”
- Governor: Gavin Christopher Newsom ( Democratic Party)
- Capital: Sacramento
- Population:39,937,489(2020), (1st-most populous)
- Location: California is located in the westernmost part of the United States, the Pacific Region in particular.
- North: Oregon,
- East: Nevada,
- South: Mexico,
- West: Pacific Ocean
- Southeast: Arizona
- Area: 423,970 km2/163,695 mi2 ,3rd by rank
- Postal abbreviation: CA
- Admitted to Union: September 9, 1850
- Official language: English
1. State’s Symbols
- State tree: California Redwood
- State Grass: Purple Needlegrass
- State Flower: California Poppy
- State Nut: Almond, Walnut, Pistachio, and Pecan
- State Lichen: Lace Lichen
- State Fish: California Golden Trout
- State Marine Fish: Garibaldi
- State Marine Mammal: Gray Whale
- State Amphibian: California Red-Legged Frog
- State Dinosaur: Augustynolophus morrisi
- State Marine Reptile: Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle
- State Reptile: Desert Tortoise
- State Bird: California Quail
- State Butterfly: California dogface butterfly
- State Game Bird: none
- State Animal: California Grizzly Bear
- State Pet: A Shelter Pet
- State Horse: None
- State Insect: California Dogface Butterfly
- State Fossil: Saber-Toothed Cat
- State Rock: Serpentine
- State Gemstone: Benitoite
- State Mineral: Gold
- State Sports: Surfing
- State Songs: I Love You, California
- State Holiday: California Poppy Day
- State Tartan: California State District Tartan
- State Outdoor Play: Ramona Pageant
- State Fife & Drum Corps: CA Consolidated Drum Band
- State Poet Laureate: Poet Laureate of California
- State Folk Dance: Square Dance
- State Dance: West Coast Swing
- State Silver Rush Ghost Town: Calico
- State Tall Ship: The Californian
- State Theater: Pasadena Playhouse
- State Military Museum: California Military Museum
- State Historical Society: California Historical Society
- State Fabric: Denim
- State Artifact: Chipped Stone Bear
- State Coat of Arms: Coat of Arms (Historic)
2. Geography Facts
- Land: 155,779 km2 (403,466 mi2)
- Water: 20,501 km2 (7,916 mi2)
- Coastline:840 mi, 1351 km
- Shoreline: 3,463 mi, 5573 km
- State Forests: 8
- National Forests: 18
- State Parks: 87 (278 units in the California State Park System)
- State Beach: 63
- Public Beaches: 420
- National Parks: 10
- Water: 8%
- Largest city (by area): Los Angeles (1,302 km²)
- Largest city (by population):Los Angeles (1,703,078 people)
- Lowest point: California; 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point in the US
- Highest point: Whitney; 14,494 feet, (4,421 m), 2nd tallest
3. Facts about California
- World largest tree by the name General Sherman, found in Sequoia National Park, it is 275 feet tall and has a circumference of 102 feet
- Internet was first created in California
- one of the oldest living things in the world: a Mojave Desert creosote bush, 11,700 years
- Nickname: The Golden State
- 4,600 years old. eastern Sierras’ Bristlecone pines are living in California.
- San Francisco Bay is the world’s largest landlocked harbour.
- Totalling nearly three million acres, San Bernardino County is the largest county in the
- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge houses the largest winter population of bald eagles in the United States.
- Major industries: Agriculture, tourism, technology, education, forestry, airports, manufacturing
- Famous for: National Parks, Golden Gate Bridge, Hollywood Movie Industry, mountains, beaches
- Area codes: 209, 213, 310, 323, 408, 415, 424, 442, 510, 530, 559, 562, 619, 626, 650, 657, 661, 707, 714, 747, 760, 805, 818, 831, 858, 909, 916, 925, 949, 951
4. Natural Resources
- Salt
- Wind
- Grasses
- Hydro-power
- Solar power
- Water Resources
- Petroleum
- Coal
- Geothermal energy
5. Mountains
Mountains and Hills: 351
- Adobe Hills
- Alabama Hills
- Alexander Hills
- Alvord Mountain
- Amargosa Range
- Amedee Mountains
- Antelope Hills
- Argus Range
- Arica Mountains
- Avawatz Mountains
- Bacon Hills
- Bald Hills (Humboldt County)
- Bald Hills (Lassen County)
- Bald Mountain Range
- Baldwin Hills
- The Balls
- Berkeley Hills
- Bernasconi Hills
- Big Blue Hills
- Big Maria Mountains
- Big Valley Mountains
- Bighorn Mountains
- Bird Hills
- Bissell Hills
- Black Hills (Contra Costa County)
- Black Hills (Imperial County)
- Black Hills (Kern County)
- Black Hills (Riverside County)
- Black Hills (San Bernardino County)
- Black Mountains
- Bodie Hills
- Bodie Mountains
- Box Springs Mountains
- Brawley Peaks
- Briones Hills
- Bristol Mountains
- Buena Vista Hills (Kern County)
- Buena Vista Hills (San Diego County)
- Bullion Mountains
- Burnt Hills
- Cady Mountains
- Calico Mountains
- Calico Peaks
- Caliente Range
- Call Mountains
- Calumet Mountains
- Campbell Hills
- Capay Hills
- Cargo Muchacho Mountains
- Carson Range
- Cascade Range
- Casmalia Hills
- Castle Mountains
- Cathedral Range
- Chalk Buttes
- Chalk Hills
- Chalk Mountains
- Chemehuevi Mountains
- Chino Hills
- Chocolate Mountains
- Cholame Hills
- Chowchilla Mountains
- Chuckwalla Mountains
- Ciervo Hills
- Clark Mountain Range
- Clark Range
- Clear Lake Hills
- Clipper Mountains
- Coast Ranges
- Colton Hills
- Confidence Hills
- Coppersmith Hills
- Coso Range
- Cottonwood Mountains (Inyo County)
- Cottonwood Mountains (Lassen County)
- Cottonwood Mountains (Riverside County)
- Coxcomb Mountains
- Coyote Hills (Alameda County)
- Coyote Hills (Plumas County)
- Coyote Mountains
- Crafton Hills
- Crystal Hills
- Crystal Range
- Cuyamaca Mountains
- Darwin Hills
- Deadman Hills
- Dead Mountains
- Devils Hole Hills
- Diablo Range
- Diamond Mountains
- Domenigoni Mountains
- Dominguez Hills
- Dougherty Hills
- Dublin Hills
- Dumont Hills
- Dunnigan Hills
- Eagle Hills
- Eagle Mountains
- East Coyote Hills
- Elk Hills
- Elk Range
- Elkhorn Hills
- El Paso Mountains
- English Hills
- Fenner Hills
- Fish Creek Mountains
- Fletcher Hills
- Flynn Hills
- Fort Sage Mountains
- Four Brothers
- Fry Mountains
- Funeral Mountains
- Gabilan Range
- Granite Mountains
- Grapevine Hills
- Grapevine Mountains
- Gravel Hills
- Gravel Range
- Greenhorn Mountains
- Greenwater Range
- Griswold Hills
- Guijarral Hills
- Hemme Hills
- Hexie Mountains
- Hoodoo Hills
- Horned Toad Hills
- Horse Hills
- Horse Range
- Ibex Hills
- Indio Hills
- In-Ko-Pah Mountains
- Inyo Mountains
- Irish Hills
- Iron Mountains
- Ivanpah Mountains
- Jacalitos Hills
- Jacumba Mountains
- Jamul Mountains
- Jurupa Mountains
- Kalmia Hills
- Kelsey Range
- Kelso Mountains
- Kettleman Hills
- Kilbeck Hills
- Kilgore Hills
- King Range
- Kingston Range
- Kit Fox Hills
- Klamath Mountains
- Kramer Hills
- Kreyenhagen Hills
- La Loma Hills
- La Panza Range
- Laguna Mountains
- Lakeview Mountains
- Larkspur Hills
- Las Aguilas Mountains
- Las Alturas
- Las Colinas
- Las Lomas
- Last Chance Range
- Lava Bed Mountains
- Lava Mountains
- Little Chuckwalla Mountains
- Little Maria Mountains
- Little Mule Mountains
- Little Piute Mountains
- Little San Bernardino Mountains
- Little Signal Hills
- Lompoc Hills
- Long Buttes
- Los Buellis Hills
- Los Jinetes
- Los Viejos
- Lost Hills
- Marble Mountains (San Bernardino County)
- Marble Mountains (Siskiyou County)
- Mayacmas Mountains
- McCoy Mountains
- Mecca Hills
- Merriam Mountains
- Mescal Range
- Mesquite Hills
- Mesquite Mountains
- Mid Hills
- Middle Hills
- Mineral Range
- Mitchel Range
- Montezuma Hills
- Mopah Range
- Mount Buchon
- Mud Hills
- Mule Mountains
- Nelson Range
- New Range
- New York Mountains
- Newberry Mountains
- North Pinyon Mountains
- Oat Hills (Colusa County)
- Oat Hills (Mariposa County)
- Oat Hills (San Diego County)
- Oat Hills (Yuba County)
- Ogilby Hills
- Old Dad Mountains
- Old Woman Mountains
- Ord Mountains
- Orocopia Mountains
- Owlshead Mountains
- Palen Mountains
- Palo Verde Mountains
- Palos Verdes Hills
- Panamint Range
- Panhandle Hills
- Panoche Hills
- Panorama Hills
- Paradise Range
- Partlett Mountains
- Pedley Hills
- Peralta Hills
- Pine Hills
- Pinto Mountains
- Pinyon Mountains
- Piute Mountains
- Piute Range
- Pleito Hills
- Point of Rocks
- Potrero Hills (Richmond)
- Poverty Hills
- Providence Mountains
- Puente Hills
- Pyramid Hills
- Quail Mountains
- Rand Mountains
- Rawson Mountains
- Red Hills (San Luis Obispo County)
- Red Hills (Tuolumne County)
- Resting Spring Range
- Ritter Range
- Riverside Mountains
- Rodman Mountains
- Rosamond Hills
- Rosecrans Hills
- Sacramento Mountains
- Saddle Peak Hills
- Sagehen Hills
- Saline Range
- Salmon Mountains
- Salt Spring Hills
- San Bernardino Mountains
- San Emigdio Mountains
- San Felipe Hills (Santa Clara County)
- San Felipe Hills (San Diego County)
- San Gabriel Mountains
- San Jacinto Mountains
- San Joaquin Hills
- San Jose Hills
- San Leandro Hills
- San Marcos Mountains
- San Rafael Hills
- San Rafael Mountains
- San Ysidro Mountains
- Sand Hills
- Santa Ana Mountains
- Santa Cruz Mountains
- Santa Lucia Range
- Santa Margarita Mountains
- Santa Monica Mountains
- Santa Rosa Hills (Inyo County)
- Santa Rosa Hills (Riverside County)
- Santa Rosa Mountains
- Santa Susana Mountains
- Santa Teresa Hills
- Santa Ynez Mountains
- Sawtooth Mountains
- Sawtooth Range (San Bernardino County)
- Sawtooth Range (San Diego County)
- Scodie Mountains
- Scott Bar Mountains
- Scott Mountains
- Shadow Mountains
- Shale Hills
- Shandin Hills
- Sheep Hills
- Sheep Hole Mountains
- Shelton Buttes
- Sherburne Hills
- Ship Mountains
- Sierra Azul
- Sierra de Salinas
- Sierra Madre Mountains
- Sierra Nevada
- Silurian Hills
- Simi Hills
- Siskiyou Mountains
- Skedaddle Mountains
- Slate Range
- Soda Mountains
- Solomon Hills
- Sonoma Mountains
- South Hills
- Spangler Hills
- Sperry Hills
- Stepladder Mountains
- Summit Range
- Superstition Hills
- Sweetwater Mountains
- Sweitzer Hills
- Sylvania Mountains
- Talc City Hills
- Tecopa Hills
- Tehachapi Mountains
- Tejon Hills
- Telephone Hills
- Temblor Range
- The Badlands
- The Girdle
- The Palisades
- Three Sisters (Siskiyou County)
- Three Sisters (Riverside County)
- Three Sisters (Los Angeles County)
- Tierra Blanca Mountains
- Topatopa Mountains
- Trainer Hills
- Trinity Alps
- Trinity Mountains
- Tucalota Hills
- Tumey Hills
- Turtle Mountains
- Twin Peaks
- Vaca Mountains
- Valjean Hills
- Vallecito Mountains
- Venice Hills
- Verdi Range
- Verdugo Mountains
- Volcan Mountains
- Volcanic Hills
- Vontrigger Hills
- Warner Mountains
- Waterman Hills
- West Coyote Hills
- West Riverside Mountains
- Whipple Mountains
- White Hills (Inyo County)
- White Hills (Santa Barbara County)
- White Mountains
- Whitehorse Mountains
- Widow Valley Mountains
- Woods Mountains
- Yountville Hills
- Yuha Buttes
6. Divisions
- 58 Counties
- 500 Cities
- N/A Towns
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