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California
California Facts and Figures
Los Angeles, largest city
Sacramento, capital
Yosemite National Park
Gold Rush of 1849
see also Mexican War
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size, population, and state capital (table)
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California
California, state in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The third largest state in the Union, California covers an area of great...
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