San Jacinto, California
| San Jacinto, California | |
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| City of San Jacinto | |
Panorama along 6th Street to the east.
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 Location in Riverside County and the state of California |
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 San Jacinto
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| Coordinates: 33°47′14″N 116°58′0″W / 33.78722°N 116.96667°WCoordinates: 33°47′14″N 116°58′0″W / 33.78722°N 116.96667°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Riverside |
| Incorporated | April 20, 1888 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
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Mayor Crystal Ruiz Mark Bartel Andrew Kotyuk Scott Miller Alonzo Ledezma |
| • City manager | Tim Hults |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.131 sq mi (67.679 km2) |
| • Land | 25.716 sq mi (66.605 km2) |
| • Water | 0.415 sq mi (1.074 km2) 1.59% |
| Elevation | 1,565 ft (477 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 44,199 |
| • Density | 1,700/sq mi (650/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 92581, 92582, 92583 |
| Area code(s) | 951 |
| FIPS code | 06-67112 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652787, 2411788 |
| Website | www |
San Jacinto is a city in Riverside County, California. It was named after Saint Hyacinth and is located at the north end of the San Jacinto Valley, with Hemet to its south and Beaumont, California, to its north. The mountains associated with the valley are the San Jacinto Mountains. The population was 44,199 at the 2010 census. The city was founded in 1870 and incorporated on April 20, 1888, making it one of the oldest cities in Riverside County.
The city is home to Mt. San Jacinto College, a community college founded in 1965. San Jacinto will also be home to the eastern end of the Mid County Parkway, a planned route that would eventually connect it to the city of Perris. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the city became a home to many dairies, and a center for agriculture.
San Jacinto also is home to the Soboba Casino, a gaming casino owned and operated by the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians. The Sobobas are sovereign and self-sufficient in community affairs. They have opened an Indian tribal school, the Noli Academy.
The Luiseño were the original inhabitants of what later would be called the San Jacinto Valley, having many villages with residents. In their own language, these people called themselves Payomkowishum (also spelled "Payomkawichum"), meaning People of the West. They are a Native American people who at the time of the first contacts with the Spanish in the sixteenth century, inhabited the coastal area of southern California, ranging fifty miles from what now is the southern part of Los Angeles County, California to the northern part of contemporary San Diego County, California, and their settlements extended inland for thirty miles.
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