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South Gate, CA Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units24,277100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached12,34350.81-unit, attached3,26213.42 units1,0044.13 or 4 units2,69211.15 to 9 units2,3759.810 to 19 units1,1164.620…

South Gate, CA Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school33,827100.0Nursery school, preschool1,6334.8Kindergarten2,2196.6Elementary school (grades 1-8)15,89147.0High school (…

Redwood National Park

(Encyclopedia) Redwood National Park, 112,430 acres (45,518 hectares), along the Pacific coast, NW Calif.; est. 1968. Backed by coastal bluffs, 40 mi (64 km) of beach, lagoon, and rocky coast are…

Christmasberry

(Encyclopedia) Christmasberry or toyonChristmasberrytōˈyən [key], evergreen tree or shrub (Photinia arbutifolia) of the family Rosaceae (rose family), found on the Pacific coast of North America. Its…

Fages, Pedro

(Encyclopedia) Fages, PedroFages, Pedropāˈᵺrō fäˈhās [key], fl. 1767–96, Spanish governor of Alta California (1782–91). In Mexico in 1767, he was ordered to accompany the expedition of Gaspar de…

silversides

(Encyclopedia) silversides, common name for small shore fishes, belonging to the family Antherinidae, abundant in the warmer waters of the Atlantic and Pacific, and named for the silvery stripe on…

Western Cape

(Encyclopedia) Western Cape, province (2011 pop. 5,822,734), 49,986 sq mi (129,462 sq km), SW South Africa, on the Atlantic and Indian oceans. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid…

Mawson, Sir Douglas

(Encyclopedia) Mawson, Sir Douglas, 1882–1958, Australian antarctic explorer and geologist, b. England. His first geographical expedition was to the New Hebrides Islands as a geologist in 1903. As a…

Anza, Juan Bautista de

(Encyclopedia) Anza, Juan Bautista deAnza, Juan Bautista dehwän boutēsˈtä dā änˈsä [key], 1735–88, Spanish explorer and official in the Southwest and the far West, reputed founder of San Francisco, b…

Walt Whitman: O Magnet-South

O Magnet-SouthO magnet-south! O glistening perfumed South! my South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! good and evil! O all dear to me! O dear to me my birth-things—all moving…