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San Juan Capistrano
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city in Orange County, California, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 929 inbound references to San Juan Capistrano, and connects out to Orange County, Franciscans and Mission Viejo.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including 1961 establishments in California, Cities in Orange County, California and Incorporated cities and towns in California.
Vinony links it to 49 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Orange
- Founded
- November 1, 1776
- Incorporated
- April 19, 1961
- Named after
- John of Capistrano
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Troy A. Bourne
- Mayor pro tem
- John Campbell
- City council
- Sergio Farias , Howard Hart , John Taylor
- City manager
- Benjamin Siegel
- Total
- 14.43 sq mi (37.37 km )
- Land
- 14.43 sq mi (37.37 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 121 ft (37 m)
- Density
- 2,439.3/sq mi (941.82/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Orange County
- Population
- 35196
- Area
- 37.024353
- Elevation
- 36
- Shares border with
- Dana Point
- Official website
- www.sanjuancapistrano.org
- Image
- San Juan Capistrano (13).jpg
- Households
- 12238
- Dialing code
- 949
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- twinned administrative body
- Capestrano
- Commons category
- San Juan Capistrano, California
- topic's main category
- Category:San Juan Capistrano, California
- postal code
- 92693
- category of associated people
- Category:People from San Juan Capistrano, California
- native label
- San Juan Capistrano
- water as percent of area
- 1.258
- P8168
- Iskitimsky District
- water area
- 0.465765
- per capita income
- 50526
- date of incorporation
- 1961-04-19
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Encyclopedic overview
San Juan Capistrano (san hwaan cap-ih-STRAH-noh; also known colloquially as San Juan or SJC) is a city in southern Orange County, California, United States. The population was 35,253 at the 2020 Census.
Named for Saint John of Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano was founded by the Spanish in 1776, when Father Junípero Serra established Mission San Juan Capistrano. Extensive damage caused by an earthquake in 1812 caused the community to decline. Following the Mexican secularization act of 1833, the mission village officially became a town and was briefly renamed as San Juan de Argüello. After the American conquest of California, San Juan remained a small, rural town until the 20th century; the restoration of the mission in the 1910s–20s transformed the town into a tourist destination and a backdrop for Hollywood films.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “San Juan Capistrano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.