File:Aerial_view_-_Monterey_CA_(cropped).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Monterey
Sign in to saveAlso known as City of Monterey, Monterey, California, Monterey, CA, Monterey, Calif.
city in California, United States
Monterey is a coastal city in California known for its scenic beauty and maritime heritage, located on the central coast of the state. It matters historically as an important port and cultural center, and today it remains a popular destination for tourism and marine research.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Monterey
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Monterey County
- Population
- 30218
- Area
- 30.468812
- Elevation
- 8
- Time zone
- Pacific Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Los Angeles
- Official website
- monterey.gov
- Image
- MontereyWharf&Harbor.jpg
- Households
- 12373
- Dialing code
- 831
Show 15 more facts
- different from
- Monterrey
- P8168
- Perreux
- Commons category
- Monterey, California
- twinned administrative body
- Kuşadası
- postal code
- 93944
- topic's main category
- Category:Monterey, California
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Monterey, California
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Monterey, California
- Commons gallery
- Monterey, California
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Monterey, California
- native label
- Monterey
- inception
- 1770-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 28.0346
- water area
- 8.541818
- per capita income
- 50603
Sources (12)
via Wikidata · CC0
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Monterey (/ˌmɒntəˈreɪ/ MON-tə-RAY; Spanish: Monterrey) is a city on the southern edge of Monterey Bay, on the Central Coast of California. Located in Monterey County, the city occupies a land area of 8.645 sq mi (22.39 km) and recorded a population of 30,218 in the 2020 census.
Monterey was founded by the Spanish in 1774, when Gaspar de Portolá and Junípero Serra established the Presidio of Monterey and the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo. Monterey was elevated to capital of the Province of the Californias in 1777, serving as the administrative and military headquarters of both Alta California and Baja California, as well as its only official port of entry. Following the Mexican War of Independence, Monterey continued as the capital of the Mexican Department of the Californias.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monterey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (12)
On the map
Available in 68 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Afrikaans
- azb
- Azerbaijani
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Balinese
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Breton
- Bulgarian
Show 49 more
- Catalan
- Cebuano
- Chechen
- Croatian
- Czech
- dag
- Danish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Esperanto
- Filipino
- Finnish
- Galician
- Gilaki
- Greek
- Haitian Creole
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Ido
- Lithuanian
- lld
- Malagasy
- Marathi
- Mazanderani
- Nederlands
- Newari
- Norwegian
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Occitan
- Polski
- Romanian
- Serbian
- Serbian (Latin)
- Silesian
- simple
- Svenska
- Talysh
- Tamil
- Tatar
- Türkçe
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Uzbek
- Volapük
- Waray
- Wu Chinese
- zh_min_nan
- فارسی
- ไทย
- 한국어
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0