Modesto
city in and county seat of Stanislaus County, California, United States
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Modesto is a city of California[1]. Modesto ranks in the top 7% of city of california entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,073 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Stanislaus County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Sue Zwahlen[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], charter city[7], county seat[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Laval[9], Aguascalientes City[10], Khmelnytskyi[11], Kurume[12], Vernon[13], Vijayawada[14]
- Postal code: 95350[15], 95351[16], 95352[17], 95353[18], 95354[19], 95355[20], 95356[21], 95357[22], 95358[23], 95397[24]
- Commons category: Modesto, California[25]
- Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[26], UTC−08:00[27], UTC−07:00[28]
- Local dialing code: 209[29]
- Inception: November 8, 1870[30]
- Official website: http://www.modestogov.com/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Modesto, California[32]
- Population: 201,165[33], 218,464[34]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Modesto, California[35]
- Capital of: Stanislaus County[36]
- Official name: Modesto[37]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Modesto, California[38]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Modesto, California[39]
- Number of households: 71,113[40]
- Native label: Modesto[41]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Modesto, California[42]
- Owner of: John Thurman Field[43]
- Elevation above sea level: 89 feet[44]
- Area: 116.046377 km²[45], 95.485577 km²[46], 96.068572 km²[47]
- Water as percent of area: 0.6069 percent[48]
Why It Matters
Modesto has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Modesto is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]