Ojai, California

Ojai, California
City
Top to bottom, left to right: Ojai Valley Museum; U.S. Post Office; Ojai Arcade; aerial view of Ojai
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Location in Ventura County and the state of California
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Coordinates: 34°26′57″N 119°14′48″W / 34.44917°N 119.24667°W / 34.44917; -119.24667
Country	United States
State	California
County	Ventura
Incorporated	August 5, 1921[1]
Named for	Chumash: 'Awha'y ("Moon")[2]
Government
• Type	City Council—City Manager[3]
Area [4]
• Total	4.37 sq mi (11.32 km2)
• Land	4.36 sq mi (11.28 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2)  0.35%
Elevation [5]	745 ft (227 m)
Population  (2020)[6]
• Total	7,637
• Density	1,700/sq mi (670/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	93023 & 93024
Area code	805
FIPS code	06-53476
GNIS feature IDs	1652763, 2411308
Website	ojaicity.org

Ojai (/ˈoʊhaɪ/ OH-hy) is a city in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California. It is northwest of Los Angeles and east of Santa Barbara. It is about 10 miles (16 km) long by 3 miles (5 km) wide, surrounded by hills and mountains. The population was 7,637 at the 2020 census.^[6]

1. ↑ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
2. ↑ McCall, Lynne; Perry, Rosalind (2002). California's Chumash Indians : a project of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Education Center (Revised ed.). San Luis Obispo, Calif: EZ Nature Books. ISBN 978-0936784151.
3. ↑ "City Government". City of Ojai. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
4. ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
5. ↑ "Ojai". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Ojai (city) QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau.