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  2. La Mesa, California - Wikipedia

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    Website. cityoflamesa.us. La Mesa (Spanish: La Mesa, lit.'The Table') is a city in San Diego County, California, located nine miles (14 kilometers) east of downtown San Diego in Southern California. The population was 61,121 at the 2020 census, up from 57,065 at the 2010 census. Its civic motto is "the Jewel of the Hills."

  3. List of ranchos of California - Wikipedia

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    List of ranchos of California. These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [ 1 ] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin ...

  4. Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, [8] It is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.

  5. Battle of La Mesa - Wikipedia

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    Reference no. 167 [2] The Battle of La Mesa (also known as the Battle of Los Angeles) was the final battle of the California Campaign during the Mexican–American War, occurring on January 9, 1847, in present-day Vernon, California, the day after the Battle of Rio San Gabriel. [3] The battle was a victory for the United States Army under ...

  6. Greater Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    0.3% 10,524. Greater Los Angeles is a politically divided metropolitan area. During the 1970s and 1980s, the region leaned toward the Republican Party. Los Angeles County, the most populous of the region, is a Democratic stronghold, although it voted twice for both Richard Nixon (1968 and 1972) and Ronald Reagan (1980 and 1984).

  7. Category:People from La Mesa, California - Wikipedia

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    Sportspeople from La Mesa, California‎ (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "People from La Mesa, California" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.

  8. History of California - Wikipedia

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    The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...

  9. Escondido, California - Wikipedia

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    1652706, 2410455. Website. www.escondido.org. Escondido (Spanish for "Hidden") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. Located in the North County region, it was incorporated in 1888, and is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. It has a population of 151,038 as of the 2020 census.