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:Alternative meaing: Santa Barbara (soap opera)Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325.
Mission Santa Barbara, "The Queen of the Missions", is located in Santa Barbara. It was founded on December 4, 1786, and the city built up near the mission. A Spanish Presidio was also founded at the city. The city sustained heavy damage in an earthquake of June 29 1925 which was followed by substantial rebuilding. Santa Barbara is now a largely affluent city and is popular as a tourist destination and celebrity hideaway. The Santa Barbara campus of the University of California is located next to nearby Isla Vista.
The Rafael Gonzalez House , an adobeThis page deals with adobe, the construction material. For information about the software company, see Adobe Systems. Adobe is a building material composed of sandy clay and (usually) straw, which can be cast into bricks or shaped directly into walls usin building, and the Santa Barbara Mission are national Historic LandmarkCathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawai'i was declared a National Historic Landmark and later listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also the site that Father Damien was ordained to the priesthood. In the United States, Nations.
1 Geography
Santa Barbara is located at 34°25'33" North, 119°42'51" West (34.425804, -119.714189) 1The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page.. The city is about 85 miles northwest of Los AngelesThis article is about the city in California. For other uses of 'Los Angeles' see Los Angeles (disambiguation The City of Los Angeles widely known by its abbreviation L. is a large coastal metropolis in Southern California in the western United States., along the PacificFor other meanings of pacific see pacific (disambiguation). The Pacific Ocean (from the Spanish Pacifico meaning peaceful is the world's largest body of water. It encompasses a third of the Earth's surface, having an area of 179. 7 million km˛ (69. 4 mill coast. This stretch of coast along southern Santa Barbara County is often referred to as the "American Riviera" because of its Mediterranean climateA mediterranean climate is one that resembles those of lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It is usually experienced between 30 to 50 degrees north and 30 to 40 degrees south of the Equator. Precipitation As an example, San Francisco in California, USA. The Santa Ynez Mountains rise dramatically behind the city, with several peaks exceeding 4,000 feet. Covered with chaparral and with sandstone outcrops, they make a famously scenic backdrop to the town. Nearer to town, and directly east and adjacent to Mission Santa Barbara, is a hill known locally as the "Riviera," which is built up with expensive homes.
Much of the architecture in the city is SpanishThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc in style, in keeping with the Spanish heritage of the city: white buildings with tile roofs are a trademark sight. The city has enacted strict ordinances to prevent erosion of this image, with some success. For example, there are no billboardA billboard or hoarding is a large outdoor signboard, usually wooden, found in places with high traffic such as cities, roads, motorways and highways. Billboards show large advertisements aimed at passing pedestrians and drivers. The vast majority of bills anywhere in town, and none at all on the main freeway leading out of town for almost twenty miles; in addition there is a strict sign ordinance for businesses, with no excessively large lettering allowed.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 107.3 km˛ (41.4 mi˛). 49.2 km˛ (19.0 mi˛) of it is land and 58.1 km˛ (22.4 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 54.17% water.
