Niland
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Location in California
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Imperial County | ||
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 14 ′ N , 115 ° 31 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1.006 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 914.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.1 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of which 1.1 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | -43 m | ||
| Postal code : | 92257 | ||
| Area code : | +1 760 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-51392 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1652758 | ||
Niland is a settlement and a civil parish in Imperial County in the US state of California . According to the 2010 census , Niland had 1006 inhabitants. Ten years earlier it was 1143.
location
Niland is on the Salton Sea near the border with Riverside County . The place forms the northern end of the intensely agricultural Imperial Valley between the Salton Sea and the Chocolate Mountains in the east. To the east, the Algodones dunes begin , which, like the Imperial Valley, extend to the Mexican border.
The area covers an area of 1.1 square kilometers. The location is on California State Route 111 .
Attractions
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About five kilometers to the east are the Salvation Mountain art installation and the Slab City trailer park . Salvation Mountain is an installation started in 1984 in the form of a brightly painted artificial hill made of clay, straw, tires and other materials. The creator of the hill Leonard Knight is still working on the expansion and wants to use the work to praise the love of God.
The Niland geyser as a mud geyser attracts attention because it changes its location.
Individual evidence
- ^ Mud Pots of Calipatria & Leonard Knight's Salvation Mountain, Niland, CA , San Diego Reader, November 8, 2009.
- ^ Greg Bishop / Joe Oesterle / Mike Mainacci, Weird California , Sterling Publishing, New York / London 2006, ISBN 9781402766831 , pp. 124-127.
- ↑ Daniel Lingenhöhl, Geotectonics: Wandering Mud Geyser Threats Californian Infrastructure , Spectrum of Science, November 5, 2018.