by eleazar asbury park middle school ms. librizzi’s class

CALIFORNIA By Eleazar

Asbury Park Middle School

Ms. Librizzi’s class

CALIFORNIA

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State facts of California

Statehood: Sept. 9, 1850, the 31st state.

State abbreviations: Calif. (traditional); CA (postal).

State capital: Sacramento, California's capital since 1854. Monterey, San Jose, Vallejo, Benicia, and San Francisco were temporary capitals between 1850 and 1854.

State motto: (I Have Found It).

Rivers, waterfalls, and lakes. California's two longest rivers are the Sacramento and the San Joaquin.

Area: 158,633 mi2

(410,859 km2) Population: 33,871,648. Largest cities in

California: Los Angeles (3,694,820); San Diego (1,223,400); San Jose (894,943); San Francisco (776,733); Long Beach (461,522); Fresno (427,652).

Popular name: The Golden State.

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Yosemite National Park

Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls

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Lassen Volcanic

National Park

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Californ

ia flag and seal

California state

quarter

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California bird

, flower,

and tree

Downtown San Diego

San Diego Bay

Balboa Park

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