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Riverside
The United States of America is a country in North America that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and shares land borders with Canada and Mexico. The United States is a federal constitutional republic, with its capital in Washington, D.C., District of Columbia.
Riverside is the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States and is also a focus city of the Greater Los Angeles Area. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 305,255 making it the largest city in the Inland Empire region, the 12th largest municipality in the state of California, and among the 50 largest cities in the United States.
Riverside's downtown area is known as the mission inn district, after the mission inn, a hotel that was modeled after the missions left along the California coast by Franciscan friars in the 18th century. The city was founded in the early 1870s beside the Santa Ana River by John W. North, a staunch temperance-minded abolitionist from Tennessee, who had previously founded Northfield, Minnesota. A few years after, the navel orange was planted and found to be such a success that full-scale planting started. Riverside was temperance minded, and Republican.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 203.0 square kilometers. In the city the population was spread out with 30.1 percent under the age of 18, 12.9 percent from 18 to 24, 30.0 percent from 25 to 44, 18.0 percent from 45 to 64, and 9.0 percent who were 65 years of age or older.
Riverside was the home of the Riverside International Raceway, which has long been defunct. Riverside is home to the University of California, Riverside. The Riverside area is referred to as a smog belt because of its above-average level of air pollution. Riverside is home of the historic Mission Inn, the Historic Riverside County Courthouse, and the Fox Theater. Also it is the home of the World's Largest Paper Cup which is over three stories.
Today, one can also learn about its history, from its earliest times and gain enthusiasm in its natural beauty and populace. Riverside enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers.
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