Irvine, California
Irvine, California | |
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    .jpg) Clockwise from top: Irvine Civic Center; San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary; University of California, Irvine; Balloon ride at Orange County Great Park; and "Giant Wheel" at Irvine Spectrum Center | |
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 Location of Irvine in Orange County, California. | |
  Irvine Location within the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area  Irvine Location within the State of California  Irvine Location within the contiguous United States | |
| Coordinates: 33°40′10″N 117°49′23″W / 33.66944°N 117.82306°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Orange |
| Incorporated | December 28, 1971[3][4] |
| Named for | James Irvine |
| Area | |
| • Total | 65.92 sq mi (170.74 km2) |
| • Land | 65.61 sq mi (169.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) |
| Elevation | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 307,670 |
| • Rank | 3rd in Orange County 14th in California 66th in the United States |
| • Density | 4,689.1/sq mi (1,810.46/km2) |
| Demonym | Irvinian |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes[7] | 92602–92604, 92606, 92612, 92614, 92616–92620, 92623, 92650, 92697 |
| Area codes | 949, 657/714 |
| FIPS code | 06-36770[8] |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660804, 2410116 |
| Website | cityofirvine |
Irvine (pronounced /ˈɜrvaɪn/) is a city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mostly made by the Irvine Company since the 1960s.[9] The city was formally incorporated on December 28, 1971. The 66 square miles (170 km2) city has a population of 307,670 as of 2020.[6] It has united in the past a green belt or greenbelt is a policy and land use designation used in land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped area to the north, and has also united the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, most of which is planned to be converted into the Orange County Great Park.
The University of California, the highest level of the state's public higher education system, has a campus in Irvine.
Irvine is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Municode Library". library.municode.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Irvine". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Demographics". City of Irvine. June 4, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ↑ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 QuickFacts Irvine city, California, August 12, 2021
- ↑ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ "Donald Bren". biography-wiki.com (in Russian). 2023-02-10. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
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