The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajon, which was in turn named for the box-like shape of the valley which surrounds the city, which is the origin of the city's common nickname of "The Box".
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11 Facts About El Cajon
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For years the pasture lands of El Cajon supported the cattle herds of the mission and its native Indian converts.
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El Cajon granted eleven square leagues of the El Cajon Valley to Dona Maria Antonio Estudillo, daughter of Jose Antonio Estudillo, alcalde of San Diego, to repay a $500 government obligation.
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El Cajon's climate is warm during summer with mean temperatures averaging 70.
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Annual average precipitation at El Cajon is 19 inches, nearly twice the average of San Diego, and similar to Pasadena and the San Francisco Bay Area.
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In 2017 a spokesperson for the city of El Cajon estimated that 15,000 to 20,000 Chaldean Catholics live in the city.
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In 2010 El Cajon had the highest poverty rate in San Diego County among adults, at 29.
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Until 2012, El Cajon was a general law city operating under a council-manager system.
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El Cajon was elected to a full four-year term as mayor in November 2014 and re-elected in November 2018.
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