Aguanga
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Location in California
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Riverside County | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 27 ′ N , 116 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,128 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 32 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 35.222 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 35.222 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 649 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 951 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-00464 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2582929 | ||
| Website : | www.aguanga.us | ||
Aguanga is a census-designated place in Riverside County in the US state of California . The place has 1128 inhabitants (as of 2010).
geography
Aguanga is located in the southwest of Riverside County in California at the meeting point of California State Routes 79 and 371 , i.e. on the former Butterfield Overland Mail Route . The city of Temecula is 17 miles to the west and the Cleveland National Forest to the south . The air line distance from Aguanga to the Palomar observatory there is 9.5 kilometers. Aguanga borders on San Diego County .
With 1128 inhabitants (as of the 2010 census ) and an area of approximately 35.2 km², which is made up entirely of land, the population density is only 32 inhabitants per square kilometer. The town center is at an altitude of 649 meters.
history
The place owes its name to a former Luiseño Indian village called awáanga , which means “dog place” in German. In 1858, the Butterfield Overland Mail founded Tejungo Station about three kilometers west of what is now the local post office . The wooden building was built in a forest a bit away from the route. Later the settlement was renamed Aguanga Station after the nearby Indian village .
Joseph R. West wrote in a report in 1861 that the now closed station was now called Joseph Giftaler Giftaler's Ranch after its German owner . A map from the days of the Civil War refers to the settlement as Dutchman's . In 1863, the Camp Giftaler Ranch base was established here on the route taken by Union Army troops on their way to the Arizona Territory .
In 1864 the German immigrant Jacob Bergman acquired Giftaler's Ranch. The old stop is now on California State Route 79 in Aguanga. The remains of the building can still be found today.
politics
Aguanga is part of the 28th District in the California Senate , currently represented by Democrat Ted W. Lieu . In the California State Assembly , the place is assigned to the 71st District and is thus represented by Republican Brian Jones . At the federal level, Aguanga is a member of California's 42nd Congressional constituency , which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R + 10 and is represented by Republican Ken Calvert .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of the 28th Senate District. Around the Capitol.
- ^ List of Senators in California. Official website of the Senate of California.
- ↑ Map of the 71st Assembly District. Around the Capitol.
- ^ List of members of the California State Assembly. Official website of the California State Assembly.
- ^ Map of the 42nd congressional electoral district. Around the Capitol.
- ^ Table with Cook Partisan Voting Index of all congressional districts. (PDF; 115 kB) Official website of the Cook Political Report .
- ↑ List of California MPs in the House of Representatives. Official website of the United States House of Representatives.
