Indio (California)
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| Nickname : The City of Festivals | |
.jpg) Stage for the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival |
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| Foundation : | 1873 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | Riverside County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 43 ′ N , 116 ° 13 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 88,488 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,170.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 75,600 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) of which 75,579 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | -4 m |
| Postcodes : | 92201-92203 |
| Area code : | +1 760 |
| FIPS : | 06-36448 |
| GNIS ID : | 1652727 |
| Website : | www.indio.org |
| Mayor : | Elaine Holmes |
Indio is a city in Riverside County in the US state of California , United States , with around 88,488 inhabitants (as of 2016 estimate). The urban area has a size of 75.6 km². Joshua Tree National Park is to the north of Indio and the Salton Sea to the east . The Interstate 10 runs east-west direction by Indian.
The name of the city is derived from the Spanish word for Indian. It is located about 160 kilometers from Los Angeles in the Coachella Valley . Many date palms grow in the village . Annual festivals have been dedicated to them since 1921. They cover around 95% of the demand in the USA. The drinking water supply is guaranteed by the All-American Canal .
geography
Indio is located in central Riverside County in California in the USA . It is bordered by Coachella to the east, La Quinta to the southwest, and Bermuda Dunes to the west . In the north and south, community-free area joins Indio.
The city is well connected to the long-distance transport network via several motorways . The southern urban area is crossed by California State Route 111 , north of it runs - also in a west-east direction - Interstate 10 . The two streets are connected to one another via the Indio Boulevard feeder road. Shortly after the eastern city boundary splits at a motorway junction , the California State Route 86 from Interstate 10 off.
Indio belongs to the Coachella Valley and has 76,036 inhabitants (as of the 2010 census ). The city extends over an area of 75,600 km², of which 75,579 km² the majority consists of land; the population density is thus 1006 inhabitants per square kilometer. The city center is marked by Indio's town hall and is −4 meters below sea level . Towards the Salton Sea, 24 kilometers away , the urban area in the east even sinks to as low as −50 meters.
About five kilometers northeast of Indio is the San Andreas Fault , which forms the boundary between the Pacific and North American plates .
The easternmost branch offices of the Riverside County are located in Indio, as the city has always been the most populous city in the Coachella Valley in the past; only from 1955 to 1992 was Palm Springs able to surpass Indio.
nature
Indio is located in the Colorado Desert , which is part of the larger Sonoran Desert . The place borders on the Salton Depression and is in the area of the former Lake Cahuillas . Today, Indio is an official National Bird Sanctuary because of the flight routes of migratory birds that pass through the city on their way to the Salton Sea .
climate
The climate of the Coachella Valley and thus also Indios is strongly influenced by the environment. The location between three high mountains in a valley sloping to the south leads to a unique, warm climate in every season; winters can even be the warmest in the US west of the Rockies . According to the Köppen-Geiger classification, Indio has a hot desert climate (BWh). The average annual maximum temperature is 31.9 ° C , the lowest temperature 16.7 ° C . In summer, however, temperatures above 42 ° C are common, and in rare cases 49 ° C can be reached. Even in the summer nights, the low temperature is still at 28 ° C . The maximum values during the day are between 20 and 30 ° C in winter . The average annual precipitation is below 100 mm, the number of sunny days is over 348 per year. The highest ever recorded temperature in Indio dates of July 6, 1905 and was 52 ° C . The average annual temperature is 24.3 ° C .
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Indio, California
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history
The place Indio was created as a stopover on the Southern Pacific Railroad between Yuma , Arizona and Los Angeles . First the settlement was called Indian Wells , which is now the name of a neighboring town . However, because many other places were already called Indian Wells, the city was given the Spanish name Indio . With the arrival of the railroad in 1876, the settlement began to develop; the first permanent house was the railway depot with its hotel. It was built in the Craftman style . The Southern Pacific Railroad tried to make the life of the workers as pleasant as possible in view of the inhospitable area, so the hotel contained an elegant dining room and held dance evenings on Fridays.
Founded as a railway settlement, Indio quickly transformed into an agricultural area. Thanks to artesian wells , onions , cotton , grapes , citrus plants and date palms could grow well; later the All-American Canal was also used for irrigation. Even so, the water remained a problem for Indians, as the city was flooded several times before the storm sewers were built in the Coachella Valley .
Entrepreneurs also discovered Indio for themselves. Dr. Harry Smiley and his wife Nell got stuck in their car on the way to Los Angeles and became early Indians. They gained influence and helped shape the area. AG Tingman owned a business and became Indio's first postmaster , but was also known to take advantage of miners for their work. Later, Dr. June Robertson McCarroll moved to Indio and became a respected medical doctor and philanthropist . After being hit by cars several times, McCarroll worked with the local women's club to have white stripes painted on the streets of California. Indio was able to establish itself quickly and retain the character created by the railway era.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Indio was no longer a lifeless railway town. Schools and the La Casita Hospital were built and many families settled. From 1920 onwards, Indio had between one thousand and two thousand year-round residents, and in the winter months with 2500 to 5000 residents even significantly more. Nevertheless, the neighboring towns of Coachella and Thermal soon exceeded these numbers. Nonetheless, Indio continued to grow and was granted town charter in 1930. On September 6, 1930, the shopkeeper Fred Kohler was the first Indios resident to receive a trade license.
When many residents later moved to the newer cities to the west such as Palm Desert , Indio had to cope with a setback. At the moment this trend seems to be reversing again and the east of the Coachella Valley is playing a more central role.
politics
Indio is part of the 28th District in the California Senate , currently represented by Democrat Ted Lieu , and the 56th District of the California State Assembly , represented by Democrat V. Manuel Perez . Indio is also a member of California's 36th Congressional District , which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R + 1 and is represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz .
Monroe Street, which runs vertically through the city, represents a kind of socio-economic limit for the political attitudes of the citizens: the areas to the east of the street are more democratic, while voters in the western part of the city tend towards the Republican Party. In 2001 Forbes Magazine classified the western part of Indios along with the western neighboring towns of La Quinta , Bermuda Dunes and Indian Wells as one of the most affluent areas in the United States.
Culture
Annual festivals
Because of the numerous annual festivals and events in Indio, the city has been officially nicknamed "The City of Festivals" by its Chamber of Commerce. The stadium on the Riverside County Fairgrounds hosts a variety of concerts, monster truck rallies , rodeo and equestrian festivals, and camel races throughout the year .
Two significant annual festivals are the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival and the Indio International Tamale Festival. The former is held every February at the Riverside County Fairgrounds in downtown Indios on California State Route 111 . It has been celebrating the date harvest in the Coachella Valley since 1947 . The Tamale Festival is always held in December in Indio's old town and holds two Guinness world records : The festival in 2000 was the world's largest tamale festival with 120,000 visitors , and with a length of 12.2 meters and 0.3 meters in diameter, the largest tamals are produced.
In 1993, the Pearl Jam band held a concert at the Empire Polo Club , and six years later the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was launched. At the famous music festival, stars and bands such as Prince , Paul McCartney , Radiohead , Dr. Dre , Snoop Dogg , Pixies , The Cure , The White Stripes , Jay-Z , Tool , Beastie Boys , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Jane's Addiction and Roger Waters . The event was extended to three days in 2007.
In May 2007, the organizer of the Coachella Festival organized the Stagecoach Festival for the first time , a two-day country music festival that takes place the weekend after Coachella. Musicians and bands such as George Strait , Kenny Chesney , the Eagles , Sugarland , Taylor Swift and Kid Rock have already been guests.
Attractions
The "Coachella Valley History Museum" on Miles Avenue in Indio comprises an 8,000 m² site on which the Smiley Tyler House from 1926, the school building from 1909, the world's only date museum, gardens and archives for storing historical information Artifacts from the Coachella Valley are located.
In the Indio Hills Palms sanctuary , rare California Washington palms ( Washingtonia filifera ) grow , which are found in some places, but rarely as large as in the canyons of the Indio Hills. Along a line where groundwater is available for the palm trees through the San Andreas Fault , there is a nature reserve that belongs to the adjacent Coachella Valley Preserve . Other native palm species grow here. The palm trees closest to the city can be reached from a parking lot six kilometers north of Indio via hiking trails.
sons and daughters of the town
- Oscar Loya (* 1979), musical actor
- Vanessa Marcil (* 1968), actress
- Stan Van Gundy (born 1959), basketball coach
Web links
- Official website of the city (English)
- Indio Chamber of Commerce (English)
- Coachella Valley History Museum (English)
- Further information at City-Data.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ City Council Members: Elaine Holmes, Mayor ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Official website of Indio
- ↑ California / California (USA): State, Cities & Places - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved February 14, 2018 .
- ↑ OpenStreetMap
- ↑ Around the Capitol, Senate District 28, District Map (English).
- ↑ Around the Capitol, Assembly District 56, District Map (English).
- ↑ Around the Capitol, Congressional District 36, District Map (English).
- ↑ Indio, Goldenvoice work closely in putting on Coachella mydersert.com , April 19, 2013 (English).
