Delano (California)
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Location in California
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1873 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | California | |
County : | Kern County | |
Coordinates : | 35 ° 46 ′ N , 119 ° 15 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | |
Residents : | 49,359 (as of 2006) | |
Population density : | 1,883.9 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 26.3 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) of which 26.2 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) is land |
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Height : | 96 m | |
Postal code : | 93215 | |
Area code : | +1 661 | |
FIPS : | 06-18394 | |
GNIS ID : | 1652697 | |
Website : | www.cityofdelano.org | |
Mayor : | Grace Vallejo |
Delano is a city in the US state of California in Kern County . It has about 43,400 inhabitants (as of 2004) on an area of 26.3 km².
Delano was founded on July 14, 1873 as a railway station. The city was given the name by the Southern Pacific Railroad to honor Columbus Delano , then chairman of the US Department of the Interior.
Besides Chino , Folsom and San Quentin , Delano is an important prison in which part of the plot of the monumental film Blood in, Blood out - Conspirators for life and death takes place.