California (disambiguation)

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California can refer to many places and things. Among them include the following:

  • California, one of the 50 states of the United States.
  • Baja California, one of the 31 states of Mexico. Formely known as Northern Territory of Baja California.
  • Baja California Sur, one of the 31 states of Mexico. Formely known as Southern Territory of Baja California.
  • Baja California Peninsula or Lower California peninsula, a peninsula of North America in the west of Mexico.
  • Gulf of California, the body of water between Baja California Peninsula and the rest of Mexico.
Places in the state of California
Historical entities
  • California Republic, a short-lived independent state founded by American rebels against Mexico in 1846
  • Alta California, the northern part of the California region of New Spain and Mexico, formed as a separate territory in 1804 and acquired by the United States in 1848
  • Baja California, the southern part of the California region of New Spain and Mexico, and occupied the whole Baja California peninsula, formed as a separate territory in 1804, in 1931 was split into North and South Territories.
  • Las Californias, the wider region along the west coast of North America during Spanish and Mexican rule.
  • Island of California, an early geographical misconception that the Baja California Peninsula was an island.
Other U.S. locations
In other countries
In astronomy
Names of ships
Living creatures
In music

See also List of songs about California

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