Imperial Beach, California
| Imperial Beach, California | ||
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| City of Imperial Beach | ||
!["Surfhenge"[1] in Imperial Beach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Imperial_beach_ca_1.jpg)
"Surfhenge" in Imperial Beach
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| Nickname(s): Most Southwesterly City in Continental U.S. | ||
| Motto: "Classic Southern California" | ||
 Location within San Diego County, California. |
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 Imperial Beach, California
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| Coordinates: 32°34′42″N 117°7′2″W / 32.57833°N 117.11722°WCoordinates: 32°34′42″N 117°7′2″W / 32.57833°N 117.11722°W | ||
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 United States
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 California
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| County | San Diego | |
| Founded | June 1, 1887 | |
| Incorporated | July 18, 1956 | |
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| • Type | Council-Manager | |
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Mayor Serge Dedina, Brian Bilbray, Jr Edward J. Spriggs, Robert Patton, and Lorie Bragg |
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| Area | ||
| • City | 4.485 sq mi (11.616 km2) | |
| • Land | 4.161 sq mi (10.778 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.324 sq mi (0.838 km2) 7.22% | |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) | |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | ||
| • City | 26,324 | |
| • Estimate (2013) | 27,063 | |
| • Density | 5,900/sq mi (2,300/km2) | |
| • Metro | SD-TJ: 5,105,768 | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) | |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP code | 91932 | |
| Area code(s) | 619 | |
| FIPS code | 06-36294 | |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660788, 2410098 | |
| Website | www |
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Imperial Beach is a residential beach city in San Diego County, California, with a population of 26,324 at the 2010 census. The city is the southernmost beach city in Southern California and the West Coast of the United States. It is in the South Bay area of San Diego County, 14.1 miles (22.7 km) south of downtown San Diego and 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of downtown Tijuana, Mexico.
Imperial Beach is located at 32°34′42″N 117°7′2″W / 32.57833°N 117.11722°W (32.578255, -117.117111) making it the most southwesterly city in the continental United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.5 square miles (12 km2). 4.2 square miles (11 km2) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) of it (7.22%) is water. The city occupies the extreme southwest corner of the continental United States: bordered by Tijuana, Mexico to the south, Coronado, California and the San Diego Bay to the north, San Diego to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
Imperial Beach is located in San Diego County, the fifth most-populous county in the United States and part of the San Diego Metropolitan Area, the 17th largest metropolitan area in the United States with over 3 million people. It is also part of the San Diego – Tijuana metropolitan area, the largest bi-national metropolitan area shared between the United States and Mexico with over 5 million people.
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