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Mendota is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 12,595 at the 2020 U.S. Census. [8] State Routes 180 and 33 run through the agricultural city. Mendota is located 8.5 miles (14 km) south-southeast of Firebaugh. [9] [7]
The Dutch and English enclaves at Amboyna (top) and Banda-Neira (bottom). 1655 engraving. The Amboyna massacre [1] (also known as the Amboyna trial) [2] was the 1623 torture and execution on Ambon Island (present-day Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia) of twenty-one men, including ten in the service of the English East India Company, as well as Japanese and Portuguese traders and a Portuguese man, [3 ...
Amboyna or amboina may refer to: Amboyna, a play by John Dryden; Amboyna massacre, in 1623 in Indonesia; Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), of Asia; Amboina king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis), of Indonesia; Amboyna, a moth genus; Amboyna burl of Pterocarpus trees; Ambon Island, sometimes named Amboyna, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia
The state highway system defines Route 83 in section 383 subdivision (a) of the California Streets and Highways Code as follows: [5] Route 83 is from Route 71 to Route 10 near the City of Upland. Subdivisions (c) and (d) of section 383 permit the state to relinquish all or a portion of Route 83 located in the cities of Ontario and Chino ...
In 1841, Cadwalader Ringgold, an officer in the United States Navy, spent twenty days surveying the San Francisco Bay watershed as a member of the United States Exploring Expedition In 1849, Cadwalader Ringgold began a more comprehensive survey the San Francisco Bay region, [11] the Sacramento River, and parts of the American and created several maps which included depth sounding information ...
State Route 253 (SR 253), also known as the Ukiah–Boonville Road, is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs between the Anderson and Ukiah valleys in Mendocino County. It crosses the mountains of the Mendocino Range from State Route 128 near Boonville to U.S. Route 101 near Ukiah .
Chilcoot is an unincorporated community in Plumas County, California. [1] It lies at an elevation of 5,013 feet (1,528 m). [1] Chilcoot is located 17 miles (27.4 km) east of Portola.
Anza is a census-designated place located in southwestern Riverside County, California, in the Anza Valley, a semi-arid region at a mean elevation of 3,921 feet (1,195 m) above sea level. It is located 13 miles (21 km) south of Idyllwild , [ 3 ] 32 miles (51 km) east-northeast of Temecula , 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Palm Springs , and 90 ...