Southern California
Southern California is a megapolitan area in the southern region of the U.S. state of California. The large urban areas containing Los Angeles and San Diego stretch all along the coast from Ventura to the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Los Angeles
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Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have quipped, "Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles," a quote that has since been repeated both by those who love and hate L.A.
San Diego
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From balmy beaches with a laid-back attitude to a gleaming modern image, San Diego offers much for the tourist to enjoy.
Hollywood
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No trip to Los Angeles is complete without a visit to its most famous district: Hollywood, best known as the self-declared entertainment capital of the world.
Destinations
Orange County
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Orange County is a prominent suburban region in Southern California, south of Los Angeles and part of the extended Los Angeles metropolitan area.
San Diego County
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San Diego County is the southern-most region of Southern California.
Riverside County
33°44′N 115°59′W / 33.73°N 115.98°W Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County is a county that spans the Southern California and Desert regions of the state of California.Southern California
- Type: Region with 22,000,000 residents
- Description: American geographic and cultural region
- Location: California, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
34.6874° or 34° 41' 15" northLongitude of center
-116.7847° or 116° 47' 5" westPopulation
22,000,000Elevation
4,590 feet (1,399 metres)GeoNames ID
11071615Wikidata ID
Q844837Southern California Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Suid-Kalifornië
- Arabic: كاليفورنيا الجنوبية
- Armenian: Հարավային Կալիֆորնիա
- Asturian: Sur de California
- Azerbaijani: Cənubi Kaliforniya
- Basque: Hegoaldeko Kalifornia
- Belarusian: Паўднёвая Каліфорнія
- Bulgarian: Southern California
- Bulgarian: Южна Калифорния
- Catalan: Califòrnia del Sud
- Catalan: Sud de Califòrnia
- Central Kurdish: باشووری کالیفۆڕنیا
- Chinese: 加州南部
- Chinese: 南加利福尼亞州
- Chinese: 南加州
- Czech: Jižní Kalifornie
- Dutch: SoCal
- Dutch: Southern California
- Dutch: Zuid-Californie
- Dutch: Zuid-Californië
- Dutch: Zuid Californie
- Dutch: Zuid Californië
- Dutch: Zuidelijk Californie
- Dutch: Zuidelijk Californië
- English: SoCal
- Esperanto: Suda Kalifornio
- Faroese: Suðurkalifornia
- Finnish: Etelä-Kalifornia
- French: Californie du Sud
- French: SoCal
- French: Sud de la Californie
- Galician: Conurbación do sur de California
- German: Südkalifornien
- Greek: Νότια Καλιφόρνια
- Hebrew: דרום קליפורניה
- Indonesian: California Selatan
- Indonesian: Kalifornia Selatan
- Italian: California del Sud
- Italian: SoCal
- Japanese: 南カリフォルニア
- Kabiyè: Kalɩfɔrnii nɛ hadɛ
- Kirghiz: Түштүк Калифорния
- Korean: 남가주
- Korean: 남부 캘리포니아
- Korean: 남부 캘리포니아 주
- Korean: 남캘리포니아
- Korean: 사우던캘리포니아
- Korean: 사우던 캘리포니아
- Korean: 서던캘리포니아
- Korean: 서던 캘리포니아
- Korean: 캘리포니아 남부
- Korean: 캘리포니아 주 남부
- Latin: California Meridiana
- Malay: California Selatan
- Northern Frisian: Süüdkalifornien
- Norwegian: Sør-California
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sør-California
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sør California
- Panjabi: ਦੱਖਣੀ ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ
- Persian: کالیفرنیا جنوبی
- Persian: کالیفرنیای جنوبی
- Polish: Kalifornia Południowa
- Polish: Południowa Kalifornia
- Polish: Southern California
- Portuguese: Califórnia do Sul
- Portuguese: SoCal
- Portuguese: Southern California
- Portuguese: Sul da Califórnia
- Romanian: California de Sud
- Russian: Южная Калифорния
- Scots: SoCal
- Scots: Soothren Californie
- Slovenian: Južna Kalifornija
- Slovenian: SoCal
- Slovenian: So Cal
- Slovenian: South California
- South Azerbaijani: سوترن کالیفورنیا
- Spanish: SoCal
- Spanish: Southern California
- Spanish: Sur de California
- Tamil: தெற்கு கலிபோர்னியா
- Thai: เซาเทิร์นแคลิฟอร์เนีย
- Turkish: Güney Kaliforniya
- Ukrainian: Південна Каліфорнія
- Urdu: جنوبی کیلیفورنیا
- Venetian: Southern Całifornia
- Vietnamese: Nam Ca Li
- Vietnamese: Nam California
- Vietnamese: SoCal
- Vietnamese: miền Nam Ca Li
- Vietnamese: miền Nam California
- Western Frisian: Súdlik Kalifornje
- California meridionale
- Miền Nam California
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