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Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach
Neighborhood of Newport Beach, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Balboa Peninsula (also referred to as "Balboa" or "the Peninsula") is a neighborhood of the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. It is named after Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the first European to sight the Pacific from the Americas.[1] Balboa is primarily residential with some commercial areas.
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