El Cajon (Calif.)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
אל קאחון (קליפורניה)
Name (Latin)
El Cajon (Calif.)
Other forms of name
nnaa El Cajon, Calif
Elcajon (Calif.)
אל קהון (קליפורניה)
Coordinates
-116.96 -116.96 32.79833333 32.79833333 (gooearth )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 148722538
Wikidata: Q369947
Library of congress: n 81144067
Sources of Information
  • Thomas Brothers, map publishers. New map of La Mesa ... 1948.
Wikipedia description:

El Cajon ( el kə-HOHN, Latin American Spanish: [el kaˈxon]; Spanish: El Cajón, meaning "the box") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, 17 mi (27 km) east of downtown San Diego. The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was named for the box-like shape of the valley that surrounds the city, and the origin of the city's common nickname "the Box".

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