Huntington Beach
| Huntington Beach, California | |||
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| Charter city | |||
| City of Huntington Beach | |||
Aerial view of Huntington Beach, Brookhurst Street & Pacific Coast Highway in April 2008.
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| Nickname(s): Surf City | |||
 Location of Huntington Beach within Orange County, California. |
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 Huntington Beach, California
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| Coordinates: 33°41′34″N 118°0′1″W / 33.69278°N 118.00028°WCoordinates: 33°41′34″N 118°0′1″W / 33.69278°N 118.00028°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 California
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| County |
 Orange
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| Incorporated | February 17, 1909 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | City Council/City Manager | ||
| • City council | Barbara Delgleize, Mayor Patrick Brenden Jill Hardy Billy O'Connell Erik Peterson Mike Posey Lyn Semeta |
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| • City attorney | Michael E. Gates | ||
| • City treasurer | Alisa Cutchen | ||
| • City clerk | Robin Estanislau | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 31.882 sq mi (82.576 km2) | ||
| • Land | 26.748 sq mi (69.278 km2) | ||
| • Water | 5.134 sq mi (13.298 km2) 16.10% | ||
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 189,992 | ||
| • Estimate (2014) | 200,809 | ||
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4th in Orange County 22nd in California |
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| • Density | 6,000/sq mi (2,300/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | ||
| ZIP codes | 92605, 92615, 92646–92649 | ||
| Area codes | 562, 657/714 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-36000 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652724, 2410811 | ||
| Website | huntingtonbeachca |
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Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California. The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. The population was 189,992 during the 2010 census, making it the most populous beach city in Orange County and the seventh most populous city in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim MSA. Its estimated 2014 population was 200,809. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the southwest, by Seal Beach on the northwest, by Westminster on the north, by Fountain Valley on the northeast, by Costa Mesa on the east, and by Newport Beach on the southeast.
Huntington Beach (locally initialized "HB") is known for its long 9.5-mile (15.3 km) stretch of sandy beach, mild climate, excellent surfing, and beach culture. The ocean waves are enhanced by a natural effect caused by the edge-diffraction of open ocean swells around Santa Catalina Island. Swells generated predominantly from the North Pacific in winter and from a combination of Southern Hemisphere storms and hurricanes in the summer focus on Huntington Beach, creating consistent surf all year long, hence the nickname "Surf City".
The area was originally occupied by the Tongva people. European settlement can be traced to a Spanish soldier, Manuel Nieto, who in 1784 received a Spanish land grant of 300,000 acres (1,200 km2), Rancho Los Nietos, as a reward for his military service and to encourage settlement in Alta California. Nieto's western area was reduced in 1790 because of a dispute with the Mission San Gabriel, but he retained thousands of acres stretching from the hills north of Whittier, Fullerton and Brea, south to the Pacific Ocean, and from today's Los Angeles River on the west, to the Santa Ana River on the east.
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