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Monterey (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ r eɪ / ⓘ MON-tə-RAY; Spanish: Monterrey) is a city situated on the southern edge of Monterey Bay, on the Central Coast of California.Located in Monterey County, the city occupies a land area of 8.466 sq mi (21.93 km 2) [8] and recorded a population of 30,218 in the 2020 census.
Map of the Monterey Bay Area, depicting roads, urban areas, major rivers, and forested and grassy areas. Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco itself is further north along the coast, by about 75 miles (120 km), accessible via CA 1 and ...
Map of Monterrey 1791 In the 16th century, the valley in which Monterrey sits was known as the Extremadura Valley , an area largely unexplored by the Spanish colonizers. The first expeditions and colonization attempts were led by conquistador Alberto del Canto , who named the city Santa Lucia , but they were unsuccessful because the Spanish ...
Monterey County (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ r eɪ / ⓘ MON-tə-RAY), officially the County of Monterey, is a county located on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 439,035. [5] The county's largest city and county seat is Salinas. [6]
Monterey was also the site of the July 7, 1846, Battle of Monterey during the Mexican–American War. It was on this date that John D. Sloat, Commodore in the United States Navy, raised the U.S. flag over the Monterey Custom House and claimed California for the United States. In addition, many California "firsts" occurred in Monterey.
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