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　　California (State of California, called California) is an American western Pacific coast of a state, its area is America's third largest, and the largest population of the state. California, both in geography, topography, property, or on the composition of the population is very diverse. California has an alias called "Golden State" (The Golden State), postal abbreviation is CA.
　　Name
　　California (California) originally referred to by Mexico's Baja California peninsula, and today the United States, California, with the composition of this area. The name is thought to come from a 16th century Spanish knight in the legendary novel "Knights of Tiran" (Amadís de Gaula) depicted in a legend called "karaoke Fia 'paradise. The novel by the 马托雷尔加 Alba (Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo) written in the book of "Kara Sofia" isolated, streets paved with gold, are living in caves around the freedom-loving people of the Amazon and strange beasts.
　　Some say "California" may come from the south from the hot areas in North America. Into California's early Spanish explorers to describe this piece of area "like a hot oven" (cali → hot, "hot"; fornus → forno → "oven", plus ia to indicate the end of a place) or "a lime oven "(cal → lime," lime "), Spanish, Latin root is often used to construct this new word. So "California" (California) may come from the Spanish "caliente fornalia", "hot stove" mean; or from "calida fornax", Latin for "hot climate" was intended.
　　There are also from the local language "high mountains" and other claims.
　　In addition, the alias "Golden State" (Golden State) often give the impression that from the mid-19th century gold rush. In fact from the state's central hills of spring grass wither in the fall, the land of gold from afar it seems like its name.
　　History
　　In Elizabethan England, the famous pirate Sir Francis Drake occupied the northern part of New Spain and New Mexico all the land became a British colony. Although the early 17th century British colonial is "From sea to sea", the British North America, the West Bank did not have much interest in the land. To the 18th century, Spanish missionaries gradually began to northern California in the West is built on a broad range of land _set_tlements. When Mexico's independence from Spain, these _set_tlements have become missionaries property of the Government of Mexico, but was soon abandoned.
　　Spanish Empire in the territory of northwestern North America was named "California Province." 1847 Mexican-American War, this territory by the United States and Mexico division. Mexico has been part of the territory that later became the province of Baja California (Baja California), while the United States acquired in California on September 9, 1850 officially joined the Union, into today's California.
　　In 1848, the California Hispanic population of about 4,000 people. But when gold was discovered in California, the news spread, many Americans and Europeans flock to California in the gold rush, followed by California Republic was proclaimed. When the U.S. Navy general John Slaughter (John D. Sloat) into California from the San Francisco Bay, after the young republic was declared a U.S. territory. In 1850, California became the first 31 federal states.
　　In the United States during the Civil War, northern California, is the inclusion of the internal forces on the southern army or disagreement, although the ultimate Northern California to support the military, many people still attended the Southern California volunteers.
　　1870s through the first opening of the railway to the U.S. Pacific coast people connect with the rest of America. California natives have gradually found that California's climate is very suitable for the growth of crops, especially oranges. California's agricultural production today is still rich.
　　1900 to 1965, the California population changes from less than 100 million people, developed into one of the most populous U.S. state. Since 1965, the population composition has changed dramatically, and today California is the world's most diverse population in a region. California residents tend to be politically liberal. California is the technological and cultural center, the world's film and television center, and the U.S. farm states.
　　Law and Government
　　California state government directly elected-generated positions, including governor (Governor), Vice-Governor (Lieutenant Governor), the Secretary of State (Secretary of State), Minister of Justice (Attorney General), State Controller (State Controller), State Minister for Finance (State Treasurer), Insurance Commissioner (Insurance Commissioner), State Superintendent of Public Instruction (Superintendent of Public Instruction), and four fair Committee (Board of Equalization), a term of four years, but only once.
　　California's legislature consists of a 40 state Senate (State Senate) and 80 of the state House of Representatives (State Assembly) components. State Senator for four years, half re-election every two years. State House of Representatives for two years. During the 2003-2004 session, the House 48 Democrats and 32 Republicans, the Senate with 25 Democratic senators and 15 Republican senators.
　　Currently, California state capital Sacramento, the state capital was located in historic Monterey (Spanish / Mexican era ,1775-1849), San Jose (1849-1851), Vallejo (1851-1853) and Bei Nixia (1853-1854). State capital moved to Sacramento in 1854.
　　In the United States Congress, California, by two senators and 53 representatives of the House of Representatives. Electoral College in the United States, California has 55 electoral votes, is the largest number of electoral votes of the House of Representatives and the president of a state.
　　Administrative Division
　　Geography
　　California and the Pacific, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona and Baja California, Mexico border. California has a diverse natural landscape, including the spectacular canyons, mountains and dry desert. California, an area four hundred and ten thousand square kilometers, is the third largest state. Most major cities in the cooler areas along the Pacific coast, including San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
　　Landscape
　　Sierra Nevada in central California and east, where the peak elevation of 4,418 meters, Whitney is the highest point of the United States. The world famous Yosemite National Park is also located in this region, in addition to a deep freshwater lake - Lake Tahoe. The eastern Sierra Nevada is an important seabird habitats Owens Valley and Mona Lake.
　　In the southern spurs and a saline Salton Sea. Located in south-central Mojave Desert called a desert. Mojave Desert to the southeast valley of death, there is the lowest point in North America.
　　California Owing 圣安德利亚 fault, so frequent earthquakes. Although most earthquakes occur in the United States, Alaska and Mississippi Valley, California earthquakes often cause more damage because the population density here is very high.
　　Southern California desert to the tropical climate, large temperature changes, the annual rainfall is 10 inches. Coastal areas due to the impact of ocean currents, California, for the Mediterranean climate, dry winter and wet summer. California mountain territory, including the Sierra Nevada is a mountain climate, the winter snow, summer is not hot.
　　National Park
　　* Redwood Forest National Park (Redwoods National Park)
　　* Lassen Volcanic National Park (Lassen Volcanic National Park)
　　* Yosemite National Park (Yosemite National Park)
　　* Three Kings Canyon National Park (Kings Canyon National Park)
　　* Sequoia National Park (Sequoia National Park)
　　* Death Valley National Park (Death Valley National Park)
　　* Joshua Tree National Park (Joshua Tree National Park)
　　* Channel Islands National Park (Channel Islands National Park)
　　Economic
　　California 14% of total U.S. GDP, the economy reached $ 1.56 trillion, the world's eighth largest economy in the world. After the United States itself, China, Japan, Germany, Britain and France and Italy. GDP per capita of 40,000 more than six thousand dollars.
　　California power resources map
　　California economic mainstay is agriculture (including fruit, vegetables, milk products and wine), the scale is the second largest industry, agriculture, more than twice. After the other important agricultural industries include aviation, entertainment (primarily television, although California has produced many films) and light industry, including computer hardware and software, and borax mining.
　　Per capita income due to the different areas and have great professional division. Per capita income of the poor in the central, immigrant farm workers, earning less than U.S. minimum wage line, while farmers are often have millions of dollars in private farms. Most farmers well-educated, most have at least a master's degree. While some cities is the nation's highest per capita income, non-agricultural population in some counties there is poverty in the nation's highest proportion of the population. In the Silicon Valley high-tech industry is currently in the doldrums, mainly due to the impact of the Internet bubble burst, but the health care industry in these areas, the video game industry and the animation industry is rapidly growing.
　　California's economy is a big problem of lack of manufacturing. 9.25% sales tax makes up factories in the state has become very uneconomical. Major manufacturers, such as the aviation industry also are planning to move out of California. Over the years, California has not _set_ up new factories, making many high-income manufacturing jobs lost. This means that the state's middle class, mostly small business owners and construction and transport workers, and a small part of a knowledge workers - almost is service-oriented.
　　Bankruptcy
　　In 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's June 18 speech called, if we do not take timely action, there will be bankruptcy, and into fiscal emergency, the residents received one instead of the government owed the government a check.
　　Population
　　2000 California population of 33,871,648 people, accounting for 12% of the United States, the United States in the largest state population.
　　Census, California is not a majority ethnic group. White is still the largest group, but no longer the majority. Hispanic people account for almost one-third of the total population; other ethnic groups followed by Asian Americans, African Americans and Indians. Hispanic immigrant population since the rapid growth and high fertility rates, is expected to be around 2040 to become the largest ethnic group in California.
　　Major cities
　　* Greater Los Angeles Area
　　o Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
　　o Hollywood (Hollywood)
　　o Arcadia (Arcadia)
　　o Anaheim (Anaheim)
　　o Beverly Hills (Beverley Hills)
　　o Big Bear (Big Bear City)
　　o Compton (Compton)
　　o Costa Mesa (Costa Mesa)
　　o Long Beach, California (Long Beach)
　　o Malibu (Malibu)
　　o 玛瑞娜戴尔瑞 (Marina del Rey)
　　o Irvine (Irvine)
　　o Monterey Park (Monterey Park)
　　o Pasadena (Pasadena)
　　o Pomona (Pomona)
　　o Riverside (Riverside)
　　o soft like honey (Rosemead)
　　o San Bernardino (San Bernardino)
　　o San Fernando Valley (San Fernando Valley)
　　o 圣加夫列夫尔 (San Gabriel)
　　o Santa Ana (Santa Ana)
　　o Santa Monica (Santa Monica)
　　o Torrance (Torrance)
　　* San Francisco Bay Area
　　o San Francisco (San Francisco)
　　o Oakland (Oakland)
　　o Berkeley (Berkeley)
　　o Alameda (Alameda)
　　o Redwood City (Redwood City)
　　o Fremont (Fremont)
　　o Cupertino (Cupertino)
　　o San Jose (San José)
　　* Bakersfield (Bakersfield)
　　* Eureka (Eureka)
　　* Fresno (Fresno)
　　* Reading (Redding)
　　* Sacramento (Sacramento)
　　* San Diego (San Diego)
　　* Stockton (Stockton)
　　* You Kaiya (Ukiah)
　　Education
　　Federal University
　　* Naval Research School Monterey (Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey)
　　* Defense Language Institute Monterey (Defense Language Institute, Monterey)
　　Public universities
　　* University of California (University of California)
　　o University of California at Berkeley (University of California, Berkeley)
　　o University of California, Davis (University of California, Davis)
　　o University of California Hastings School of Law (University of California, Hastings College of the Law)
　　o University of California, Irvine (University of California, Irvine)
　　o University of California, Los Angeles (University of California, Los Angeles)
　　o University of California, Miki Germany (University of California, Merced)
　　o University of California, Riverside (University of California, Riverside)
　　o University of California, San Diego (University of California, San Diego)
　　o University of California, San Francisco (University of California, San Francisco)
　　o University of California, Santa Barbara (University of California, Santa Barbara)
　　o University of California, Santa Cruz (University of California, Santa Cruz)
　　* California State University (California State University)
　　o California Maritime School (California Maritime Academy)
　　o California State Polytechnic University, (California Polytechnic State University)
　　o California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)
　　o California State University Bakersfield (California State University, Bakersfield)
　　o California State University Channel Islands (California State University, Channel Islands)
　　o California State University, Chico (California State University, Chico)
　　o California State University 多明格兹希尔 (California State University, Dominguez Hills)
　　o California State University East Bay (California State University, East Bay)
　　o California State University, Fresno (California State University, Fresno)
　　o California State University, Fullerton (California State University, Fullerton)
　　o California State University Long Beach (California State University, Long Beach)
　　o California State University Los Angeles (California State University, Los Angeles)
　　o California State University Monterey Bay (California State University, Monterey Bay)
　　o California State University Northridge (California State University, Northridge)
　　o California State University, Sacramento (California State University, Sacramento)
　　o California State University San Bernardino (California State University, San Bernardino)
　　o California State University San Marcos (California State University, San Marcos)
　　o California State University, Stan Nice Rolls (California State University, Stanislaus)
　　o Prudential State University Han (Humboldt State University)
　　o San Diego State University Big (San Diego State University)
　　o San Francisco State University (San Francisco State University)
　　o San Jose State University (San José State University)
　　o Sonoma State University (Sonoma State University)
　　Private
　　There were famous:
　　* Caltech (California Institute of Technology, Caltech)
　　* Stanford University (Stanford University)
　　* University of Southern California (University of Southern California, USC)
　　* San Diego University (University of San Diego, USD)
　　Traffic
　　Major airport
　　* Los Angeles metropolitan area
　　o Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) ─ United Airlines and American Airlines hub, the nation's busiest international airport lines, routes to the Americas, East Asia and Australia and New Zealand based.
　　o Ontario International Airport (ONT)
　　* San Francisco Bay Area
　　o San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ─ United Airlines and Virgin American Airlines hub
　　o Norman Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)
　　o Auckland International Airport (OAK)
　　* San Diego metropolitan area
　　o San Diego International Airport (SAN)
　　Major highway
　　* North-South highway from east to west with vertical
　　o 395 U.S. Highway No.
　　o 99 California Road No.
　　o 5 Interstate
　　o 101 U.S. Highway No.
　　o 1, California State Road
　　* Southern California Longitudinal U.S. Highway No. 395 National Highway in the east of there
　　o 15 Interstate
　　* Things have lateral highway from south to north
　　o 8 Interstate
　　o 10 Interstate
　　o 40 Interstate 58 then take 46 California Road, California Road
　　o 580 take Interstate 120 California Road
　　o 80 Interstate
　　Professional sports
　　Football
　　* NFL
　　o Oakland Raiders (Oakland Raiders)
　　o San Diego electro-optical (San Diego Chargers)
　　o San Francisco, 49 people (Argonaut) (San Francisco 49'ers)
　　Baseball
　　* Major League MLB
　　o American League (American League, AL)
　　+ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
　　+ Oakland Athletics (Oakland Athletics)
　　o National League (National League, NL)
　　+ Los Angeles Dodgers (Los Angeles Dodgers)
　　+ San Diego (San Diego Padres)
　　+ San Francisco Giants (San Francisco Giants)
　　* Little League Minor Leagues
　　o Foliesinuo Grizzlies (Fresno Grizzlies, 3A-level Pacific Coast League, home teams: the San Francisco Giants)
　　o Sacramento River Cats (Sacramento River Cats, 3A-level Pacific Coast League, the home team: Oakland Athletics)
　　o flame Bakersfield (Bakersfield Blazer, California League Class 1A high-end, the home team: Texas Rangers)
　　o High Desert Mavericks District (High Dessert Marvoricks, California League Class 1A high-end, the home team: Seattle Mariners)
　　o Ai Xinnuo Lake Storm (Lake Elsinore Storms, high-1A level California League, the home team: San Diego)
　　o Lancaster Jet Hawks (Lancaster JetHawks, California League Class 1A high-end, the home team: Boston Red Sox)
　　o Meng DIMENSIONS Stowe fruit (Modesto Nuts, California League Class 1A high-end, the home team: Colorado Rockies)
　　o Lun autumn Kukamengjia shock (Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, California League Class 1A high-end, the home team: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
　　o San Bernardino Inland Empire District 66 (Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino, California, high grade 1A League, the home team: Seattle Mariners)
　　o San Jose Giants (San Jose Giants, California League Class 1A high-end, the home team: San Francisco Giants)
　　o Stockton Ports (Stockton Ports, California League Class 1A high-end, the home team: Oakland Athletics)
　　o Visalia Oaks (Visalia Oaks, California League Class 1A high-end, the home team: Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
　　Basketball
　　* NBA
　　o Golden State Warriors (Golden State Warriors)
　　o Los Angeles Clippers (Los Angeles Clippers)
　　o Los Angeles Lakers (Los Angeles Lakers)
　　o Sacramento (Sacramento Kings)
　　* WNBA
　　o Los Angeles Sparks (Los Angeles Sparks)
　　o Sacramento Monarchs (Sacramento Monarchs)
　　Ice hockey
　　* NHL
　　o Anaheim Duck (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
　　o Los Angeles Kings (Los Angeles Kings)
　　o San Jose Sharks (San Jose Sharks)
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  1. n.:  California
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