San Luis Obispo
| San Luis Obispo, California | |||
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| City of San Luis Obispo | |||
The city of San Luis Obispo looking east from the top of Bishop Peak in early 2006.
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| Nickname(s): "SLO", "San Luis", "SLO Town" | |||
 Location in San Luis Obispo County and the state of California |
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 San Luis Obispo, California
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| Coordinates: 35°16′27″N 120°39′47″W / 35.27417°N 120.66306°WCoordinates: 35°16′27″N 120°39′47″W / 35.27417°N 120.66306°W | |||
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 United States
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 California
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| County | San Luis Obispo | ||
| Incorporated | February 16, 1856 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Council-Mayor-Administrative Officer | ||
| • Mayor | Heidi Harmon | ||
| • State senator | Bill Monning (D) | ||
| • Assemblymember | Jordan Cunningham (R) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 12.930 sq mi (33.489 km2) | ||
| • Land | 12.777 sq mi (33.093 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.153 sq mi (0.396 km2) 1.18% | ||
| Elevation | 233 ft (71 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 45,119 | ||
| • Estimate (2013) | 46,377 | ||
| • Density | 3,500/sq mi (1,300/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | ||
| ZIP codes | 93401–93403, 93405–93410, 93412 | ||
| Area code | 805 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-68154 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652788, 2411796 | ||
| Website | slocity |
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San Luis Obispo (/sæn ˌluːᵻs əˈbɪspoʊ/; Spanish for St. Louis, the Bishop [of Toulouse]), or SLO /ˈsloʊ/ for short, is a city in the U.S. state of California, located roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on the Central Coast. The population was 45,119 at the 2010 census. The population of San Luis Obispo County was 269,637 in 2010.
Founded in 1772 by Spanish Franciscan Junípero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of California's oldest communities. Serra's original mission was named for the 13th Century saint and bishop Louis of Toulouse. The city, locally referred to as San Luis, SLO, or SLO Town (as its county is also referred to as SLO) is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County and is adjacent to California Polytechnic State University.
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