Back ديلانو (كاليفورنيا) Arabic ديلانو (كاليفورنيا) ARZ دلانو، کالیفورنیا AZB Делано (град, Калифорния) Bulgarian Delano (Califòrnia) Catalan Делано (Калифорни) CE Delano, California CEB Delano (Kalifornien) German Delano (California) Spanish Delano (Kalifornia) Basque
Delano, California | |
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| City of Delano | |
.jpg) Delano entry signage on State Route 99 | |
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 Location of Delano in Kern County, California. | |
  Delano Location in the United States  Delano Delano (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 35°46′08″N 119°14′49″W / 35.76889°N 119.24694°W[1] | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Kern |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Incorporated | April 13, 1915[2] |
| Named for | Columbus Delano |
| Government | |
| • City Council |
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| • State Senator | Anna Caballero (D)[4] |
| • State Assembly | Vince Fong (R)[5] |
| • U. S. Congress | David Valadao (R)[6] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.77 sq mi (38.25 km2) |
| • Land | 14.72 sq mi (38.11 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2) 0.35% |
| Elevation | 315 ft (96 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 51,428 |
| • Density | 3,494.70/sq mi (1,349.29/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 93215, 93216 |
| Area code | 661 |
| FIPS code | 06-18394 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652697, 2410317 |
| Website | www |
Delano (/dəˈleɪnoʊ/ də-LAY-noh) is a city in Kern County, California, United States. Delano is located 31 miles (50 km) north-northwest of Bakersfield[8] at an elevation of 315 feet (96 m).[1] The population was 51,428 in 2020, down from 53,041 in 2010. It is Kern County's second-largest city after Bakersfield.
Agriculture is Delano's major industry. The area is particularly well known as a center for the growing of table grapes.[9] Delano is also home to two California state prisons, North Kern State Prison and Kern Valley State Prison. The Voice of America once operated one of its largest, most powerful shortwave broadcast facilities at a station outside Delano at 35°45′15″N 119°17′7″W / 35.75417°N 119.28528°W. The Voice of America ceased broadcasts in October 2007, citing a changing political mission, reduced budgets, and changes in technology.[10]
Delano's two school districts currently operate eight elementary schools, three middle schools, three comprehensive high schools and two alternative high schools. The city has its own police department and contracts with the Kern County Fire Department for fire services, EMS services are privately provided by local company, Delano Ambulance Service.
- ^ a b c "Delano". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (Word) on November 3, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "City Council". City of Delano, California. Delano, California. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
- ^ "Senators". State of California. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "Members Assembly". State of California. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "California's 22nd Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1025. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ "Profile". Delano Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
- ^ "Broadcasting Board of Governors Strategic Spectrum Plan". Broadcasting Board of Governors. November 30, 2007. p. 9. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
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