Palmdale
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Summary
Palmdale is a city in the United States[1]. Palmdale ranks in the top 3% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,976 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Los Angeles County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Steve Hofbauer[5], Laura Bettencourt[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], charter city[8]
- Shares border with: Lancaster[9], Littlerock[10]
- Postal code: 93550[11], 93551[12], 93552[13], 93590[14], 93591[15], 93599[16]
- Commons category: Palmdale, California[17]
- Local dialing code: 661[18]
- Inception: 1886[19]
- Coordinate location: 34.57944444444445, -118.11666666666666[20]
- Official website: http://www.cityofpalmdale.org[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Palmdale, California[22]
- Population: 11,522[23], 152,750[24], 169,450[25]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Palmdale, California[26]
- Official name: Palmdale[27]
- Category for people born here: Q13336026[28]
- Category for people who died here: Q109212597[29]
- Number of households: 42,687[30]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Palmdale, California[31]
- Elevation above sea level: 810[32]
- Area: 275.086689[33], 275.098705[34]
- Water as percent of area: 0.2399[35]
- Territory overlaps: Palmdale–Lancaster urban area[36]
- Water area: 0.65984[37]
- Per capita income: 23,267[38]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Palmdale include LA/Palmdale Regional Airport[39], an airport[40], in United States[41].
Why It Matters
Palmdale has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Palmdale is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for Palmdale include LA/Palmdale Regional Airport[39], an airport[40], in United States[41].