El Centro metropolitan area
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Images, from top down, left to right: The fields of Imperial Valley, Salton Sea, Imperial County Courthouse
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| Region | Imperial Valley | ||||
| Incorporated | August 7, 1907 | ||||
| County seat | El Centro | ||||
| Largest city | El Centro | ||||
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| • Total | 4,482 sq mi (11,610 km2) | ||||
| • Land | 4,177 sq mi (10,820 km2) | ||||
| • Water | 305 sq mi (790 km2) | ||||
| Highest elevation | 4,551 ft (1,387 m) | ||||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||||
| • Total | 174,528 | ||||
| • Estimate (2015) | 183,191 | ||||
| • Density | 39/sq mi (15/km2) | ||||
| Time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8) | ||||
| • Summer (DST) | Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7) | ||||
| Area codes | 442/760 | ||||
| FIPS code | 06-025 | ||||
| GNIS feature ID | 277277 | ||||
| Website | www |
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Imperial County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 174,528. The county seat is El Centro. Established in 1907, it was the last county to be formed in California.
Imperial County comprises the El Centro, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is also part of the Southern California border region, the smallest but most economically diverse region in the state. It is located in the Imperial Valley, in the far southeast of California, bordering both Arizona and Mexico.
Although this region is a desert, with high temperatures and low average rainfall of three inches (75 mm) per year, the economy is heavily based on agriculture due to irrigation, supplied wholly from the Colorado River via the All-American Canal.
The Imperial Valley is a melting pot of Anglo-American and Chicano/Latino cultures. On the American side, the majority of residents are of Mexican American heritage, while the Mexican side was greatly influenced by American culture for many decades. The entire valley is a multi-ethnic mixture of whites, Asian Americans, some African Americans and Native Americans.
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