11 Facts About Calexico CA

1.

The trail through Calexico CA was designated as a historical route by the State of California.

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2.

Calexico CA began as a tent city of the Imperial Land Company; it was founded in 1899, and incorporated in 1908.

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3.

Calexico CA is located 230 miles southeast of Los Angeles, 125 miles east of San Diego, 260 miles west of Phoenix, and adjacent to Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.

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4.

Calexico CA's location provides easy overnight trucking access to all those transportation hubs plus the ports of Long Beach, California, and Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

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5.

Calexico CA is served by State Routes 98,7 and 111, with direct connection to Interstate 8 and State Route 86.

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6.

Calexico CA has a subtropical hot-desert climate, according to the Koppen climate classification system.

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7.

However, the hot desert climate seen in Calexico CA is actually not unusual for similar parallel cities such as, for example, Baghdad, Iraq.

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8.

In recent years, Calexico CA has overwhelmingly supported Democratic Party candidates for president.

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9.

Calexico CA has 7 elementary schools, 2 junior high schools and 2 high schools:.

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10.

Calexico CA is served by the privately owned Calexico CA Transit, LA Shuttle and Numero Uno Shuttle and the publicly owned Imperial Valley Transit for local transit.

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11.

Calexico CA generally identifies as part of the larger Imperial Valley region, which includes the El Centro metropolitan area, as do the rest of the cities in the county.

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