Capital city

Sacramento

Admitted to USA

1850

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Population

39,029,342

Area km2 (sq mi)

423,970 (163,694)

Inhabitants per km2

92

Calling code

209, 213, 310, 323, 341, 369, 408, 415, 424, 442, 510, 530, 559, 562, 619, 626, 627, 628, 650, 657, 661, 669, 707, 714, 747, 760, 764, 805, 818, 831, 858, 909, 916, 925, 935, 949, 951

POST

CA

ISO 3366-2

US-CA

Motto

Eureka

Offical Nickname

Golden State

Major cities

Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Oakland, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Stockton, Riverside, Santa Ana, Irvine, Chula Vista, Fremont, Santa Clarita, San Bernardino, Modesto, Moreno Valley, Fontana, Oxnard, Huntington Beach, Glendale, Santa Rosa, Elk Grove, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Oceanside, Lancaster, Garden Grove, Palmdale, Salinas, Hayward, Corona, Sunnyvale, Pomona, Escondido, Roseville, Torrance, Fullerton, Visalia, Orange, Pasadena, Victorville, Santa Clara, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Vallejo, Concord, Berkeley, Clovis, Fairfield, Richmond, Antioch, Carlsbad, Downey, Costa Mesa, Murrieta, Ventura, Temecula, Santa Maria, West Covina, El Monte, Inglewood, Burbank, El Cajon, San Mateo, Jurupa Valley, Daly City, Rialto, Norwalk, Menifee, Vacaville, Chico

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Neighboring states

Oregon, Nevada, Arizona

Wikipedia extract

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California