San Juan Capistrano, California

San Juan Capistrano, California
City
Clockwise from top: Egan House, San Juan Capistrano Depot, Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano, Trabuco Creek, Mission San Juan Capistrano
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Motto: "Preserving The Past To Enhance The Future"
Location of San Juan Capistrano within Orange County, California.
San Juan Capistrano, California Location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°29′58″N 117°39′42″W / 33.49944°N 117.66167°W / 33.49944; -117.66167Coordinates: 33°29′58″N 117°39′42″W / 33.49944°N 117.66167°W / 33.49944; -117.66167
Country	United States
State	California
County	Orange
Incorporated	April 19, 1961
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• City council	Mayor Kerry K. Ferguson, Mayor Pro Tem Sergio Farias, Brian L. Maryott, Pam Patterson, and Derek Reeve
• City manager	Benjamin Siegel
Area
• Total	14.295 sq mi (37.024 km2)
• Land	14.115 sq mi (36.559 km2)
• Water	0.180 sq mi (0.466 km2)  1.26%
Elevation	121 ft (37 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
• Total	34,593
• Estimate (2013)	35,852
• Density	2,400/sq mi (930/km2)
Time zone	Pacific (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	92675
Area code	949
FIPS code	06-68028
GNIS feature IDs	1661383, 2411793
Website	sanjuancapistrano.org

San Juan Capistrano (/sæn ˌwɑːn kæpᵻˈstrɑːnoʊ/; Spanish: [saŋ ˈxwaŋ kapisˈtɾano]) is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The current OMB metropolitan designation for San Juan Capistrano and the Orange County Area is "Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA." The population was 34,593 at the 2010 census, up from 33,826 at the 2000 census. The city was created around Mission San Juan Capistrano, and many of the homes and strip malls resemble the Spanish architecture that composes the building. It is home to the widest variety of homes in Orange County, including those built prior to 1900, in its central district (some being adobes from the 18th century). San Juan Capistrano formerly hosted a population of cliff swallows that migrate each year from Argentina to the Mission San Juan Capistrano.