Downtown Riverside is the 61st-most-populous city in the United States and 12th-most-populous city in California.
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13 Facts About Downtown Riverside
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Downtown Riverside is the 61st-largest city in the United States, the 12th-largest city in California, and the largest city in California's Inland Empire metro area.
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Downtown Riverside is surrounded by small and large mountains, some of which get a dusting of winter snow.
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Downtown Riverside is about a 47-mile drive to the Pacific Ocean and is close to Orange County and Los Angeles County.
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City of Downtown Riverside has 28 designated "neighborhoods" within the city limits.
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Downtown Riverside is home to the one surviving Parent Navel Orange Tree, from which all American West Coast navel orange trees are descended.
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Downtown Riverside is largely Christian and is home to Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Protestant, and Universalist Unitarian churches, an Islamic mosque, Jewish synagogue, Hindu temple, and several Buddhist temples.
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Downtown Riverside is home to the Inland Empire Atheists and Agnostics organization.
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Downtown Riverside won a $3 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2010.
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Downtown Riverside is served by three major freeways: I-215, State Route 60, and State Route 91.
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The Downtown Riverside Municipal Airport is an airport within Downtown Riverside city limits, but it does not have commercial airline service.
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Downtown Riverside has nine sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:.
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