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However, many state, city, and local government agencies still continue to print official public documents in numerous languages. [106] For example, the California Department of Motor Vehicles offers the written exam for the standard C Class driver's license in 31 languages along with English, and the audio exam in 11 languages. [ 107 ]
An Act for the Admission of the State of California; State of California becomes 31st state admitted to the United States of America on September 9, 1850 Rail transport in California since 1856; Pony Express, 1860–1861; American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 California in the American Civil War; First Transcontinental Telegraph ...
The western portion of Alta California was then organized and admitted as the 31st state in 1850, as a free state, following the Compromise of 1850. The Greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas are the nation's second- and fifth-most populous urban regions , with 19 million and 10 million residents respectively. [ 11 ]
October: See trees at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Fern Canyon Trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park greets visitors with 50-foot fern-covered walls. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
Map of the United States with California highlighted. California is a state located in the Western United States. It is the most populous state and the third largest by area after Alaska and Texas. According to the 2020 United States Census, California has 39,538,223 inhabitants and 155,779.22 square miles (403,466.3 km 2) of land. [1]
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Northern California usually refers to the state's northernmost 48 counties. The main population centers of Northern California include San Francisco Bay Area (which includes the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and the largest city of the region, San Jose), and Sacramento (the state capital) as well as its metropolitan area.
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline.It occupies 376 square miles (970 km 2) in the southeast corner of the state, but because it is shallow it only holds about 7.5 million acre⋅ft (2.4 trillion US gal; 9.3 trillion L) of water. [2]