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Santa Clarita, California | |
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Clockwise: Central Park; Packard Humanities Institute; Bridgeport Marketplace Lake; William S. Hart Museum; Westfield Valencia Town Center. | |
Nickname: Awesometown[1] | |
Motto: Where the Good Life Takes You[2] | |
![]() Location of Santa Clarita in California and Los Angeles County | |
Coordinates: 34°25′N 118°31′W / 34.42°N 118.52°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Los Angeles |
Incorporated | December 15, 1987[3] |
Named for | Santa Clara River |
Area | |
• City | 70.82 sq mi (183.42 km2) |
• Land | 70.75 sq mi (183.26 km2) |
• Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2) 0.099% |
Elevation | 1,207 ft (368 m) |
Population | |
• City | 228,673 |
• Rank | 3rd in Los Angeles County 17th in California 98th in the United States |
• Density | 3,232/sq mi (1,250/km2) |
• Urban | 278,031 (US: 146th)[5] |
• Urban density | 3,571.6/sq mi (1,379.0/km2) |
Demonym | Santa Claritan |
Time zone | UTC−08:00 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
ZIP Codes[8] | 91321–91322, 91350–91351, 91354–91355, 91380, 91385–91387, 91390[a] |
Area code | 661 |
FIPS code | 06-69088 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1662338, 2411819 |
Website | santa-clarita |
Santa Clarita, officially the City of Santa Clarita, is the third largest city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 17th largest city in the state of California. The city has annexed unincorporated areas, which has made the population higher. Santa Clarita is about 35 miles (56 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It takes up most of Santa Clarita Valley. It is a good example of a U.S. edge city or boomburb. Santa Clarita was ranked by Money magazine in 2006 as 18th of the top 100 places to live.[9] There are four smaller communities in Santa Clarita. They are called Valencia, Saugus, Newhall, and Canyon Country. Santa Clarita is well known for the amusement park Six Flags Magic Mountain as well as the TV program Santa Clarita Diet.
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