Riverside, California

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Riverside is a city in California. It is the county seat of Riverside County. The city, which got its name from being close to the Santa Ana River, is the first place in California in which people sold a lot of citrus fruit. In 2020, about 315,000 people lived in Riverside. The city is the 59th most populous city in the United States and the 12th biggest city in California.

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Riverside, California
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Clockwise from top: view from Mount Rubidoux, Fairmount Park, Fox Performing Arts Center
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Motto: 
City of Arts & Innovation
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Location of Riverside County within the State of California
Coordinates: 33°56′53″N 117°23′46″W
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyRiverside
IncorporatedOctober 11, 1883; 141 years ago (1883-10-11)[1]
CharteredMarch 5, 1907; 118 years ago (1907-03-05)[2]
Area
  City81.54 sq mi (211.18 km2)
  Land81.23 sq mi (210.38 km2)
  Water0.31 sq mi (0.80 km2)
Elevation827 ft (252 m)
Population
  City314,998
  Rank59th in the United States
12th in California
  Density3,877.85/sq mi (1,497.28/km2)
  Urban2,276,703 (US: 19th)
  Urban density3,741.1/sq mi (1,444.4/km2)
  Metro4,599,839 (US: 13th)
Time zoneUTC−8 (Pacific)
  Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
92501–92509, 92513–92519, 92521–92522
Area code951
FIPS code06-62000
GNIS feature IDs1661315, 2410965
Websiteriversideca.gov
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Because houses cost less money in Riverside than most cities in Southern California, people have been slowly moving there. This makes traffic bad as people from Riverside drive to work in Orange County and Los Angeles.

Riverside has a few schools, including La Sierra University, California Baptist College, and the University of California, Riverside. The city also has Riverside Municipal Museum, the California Museum of Photography, and the California Citrus State Historic Park. In 1873, the Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree was planted in Riverside, and it is one of two original orange trees in California. The historic Mission Inn is another popular place.

Riverside is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area.

German, Irish, English, Italian and European are the most common ancestries. Spanish and Chinese are the most common foreign languages.[8]

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