Santa Ana

county seat and city of Orange County, California, United States
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Summary

Santa Ana is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,331 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Orange County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Vicente Sarmiento[5], Valerie Amezcua[6]
  • Instance of: sanctuary city[7], big city[8], charter city[9]
  • Shares border with: Irvine[10], Costa Mesa[11], Fountain Valley[12], Garden Grove[13], Orange[14], Tustin[15]
  • Named after: Saint Anne[16]
  • Postal code: 92701[17], 92702[18], 92703[19], 92704[20], 92705[21], 92706[22], 92707[23], 92711[24], 92735[25], 92799[26]
  • Part of: Inland Cities[27]
  • Commons category: Santa Ana, California[28]
  • Inception: 1869[29]
  • Official website: https://www.santa-ana.org/[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Santa Ana, California[31]
  • Population: 324,528[32], 310,227[33]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Santa Ana, California[34]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[36]
  • Capital of: Orange County[37]
  • Official name: Santa Ana[38]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Santa Ana, California[39]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Santa Ana, California[40]
  • Number of households: 79,142[41]
  • Native label: Santa Ana[42]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Santa Ana, California[43]
  • Different from: Santa Ana[44]
  • Elevation above sea level: 35 m[45]
  • Area: 70.945241 km²[46], 71.27124 km²[47]

Why It Matters

Santa Ana has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . santa-ana.org. Retrieved . santa-ana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . santa-ana.org. Retrieved . santa-ana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . justice.gov. justice.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . cacities.org. Retrieved . cacities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → cityofsantaana-dd713f, cityofsantaana-1fe400
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Osm name suggestion index id: cityofsantaana-dd713f, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  2. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Q138812596
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  3. 21w ago · Mxdanger · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Irvine, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Shares border with: Anaheim"
  4. 21w ago · Intolerable situation · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Number of households → {'amount': '+79142'}
    Different from → Santa Ana
    Population → —
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic has template: Template:Santa Ana, California"
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