Orange Coonty, Californie

Orange Coonty, Californie
Orange Coonty, Californie
	Coonty
	County of Orange
	Aerial view of the coast of Newport Beach in May 2005.
	Banner Seal
	Location in the state o Californie
	Ceeties in Orange Coonty
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Californie
Region	Greater Los Angeles Area
Incorporated	March 11, 1889
Named for	Orange groves that wur ance plentiful in the aurie
Coonty seat	Santa Ana
Lairgest ceety	Anaheim
Area
• Total	2,455.3 km2 (947.98 sq mi)
• Laund	2,044.5 km2 (789.40 sq mi)
• Water	410.7 km2 (158.57 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	3,010,232
• Density	1,472.3/km2 (3813.3/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Orange Countian
Time zone	UTC-8 (Paceefic Staundart Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (Paceefic Daylicht Time)
Area codes	562, 714, 949
Website	www.OCGov.com

Orange Coonty is a coonty in the U.S. state o Californie. Its coonty seat is Santa Ana. As o the 2010 census, its population wis 3,010,232, makkin it the third maist populous coonty in Californie, ahint Los Angeles Coonty an San Diego Coonty, an the seicont maist populous in the Greater Los Angeles Area, efter Los Angeles Coonty.^[1] It is the saxt maist populous coonty in the Unitit States as o 2009 while at the same time is the smallest area-wise county in Soothren Californie, bein roughly hauf the size o the next smawest coonty, Ventura. It is the seicont-maist densely populatit coonty in the state, seicont anerly tae San Francisco.^[2] The coonty is famous for its tourism, as the hame o such attractions as Disneyland an Knott's Berry Farm, an several beaches alang its mair nor 40 mile (64 km) o coastline. It is kent for its affluence an poleetical conservatism – a 2005 academic study leetit three Orange Coonty ceeties as bein amang Americae's 25 "maist conservative," makkin it ane o twa coonties in the kintra containin mair nor ane such ceety (Maricopa Coonty, Arizona, haes three ceeties on the leet an aw).^[3] It is part of the Tech Coast.

Orange Coonty wis at the time the lairgest American coonty tae hae gone bankrupt, when in 1994 langtime treasurer Robert Citron's investment strategies left the coonty wi inadequate caipital tae allou for ony rise in interest rates for its tradin positions. When the residents o Orange Coonty votit doun a proposal tae raise taxes in order tae balance the budget, bankruptcy follaeed suin efter. Citron later pleadit guilty tae sax felonies regardin the matter.^[4]

Whareas maist population centers in the Unitit States tend tae be identifee'd bi a major ceety, thare is no defined urban centre in Orange Coonty (it is sometimes considered pairt o baith the Los Angeles an San Diego metro auries). It is maistly suburban except for some tradeetionally urban auries at the centres o the aulder ceeties o Anaheim, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Orange, an Santa Ana. Thare are several edge ceety-style developments such as Irvine Business Center, Newport Center, an South Coast Metro.

The ceety o Santa Ana serves as the govrenmental centre o the coonty, or coonty seat, Anaheim as its main tourist destination, an Irvine as its major business an financial hub. Aw o these three Orange Coonty ceeties hae populations exceedin 200,000. Thirty-fower incorporatit ceeties are locatit in Orange Coonty; the newest is Aliso Viejo, which wis incorporatit in 2001. Anaheim wis the first ceety incorporatit in Orange Coonty, in 1870 when the region wis still pairt o neebourin Los Angeles Coonty.

Geografie

Incorporatit ceeties

As o August 2006, Orange Coonty haes 34 incorporatit ceeties. The auldest is Anaheim (1870) an the newest is Aliso Viejo (2001).

Aliso Viejo, incorporatit in 2001
Anaheim, incorporatit in 1870
Brea, incorporatit in 1917
Buena Park, incorporatit in 1953
Costa Mesa, incorporatit in 1953
Cypress, incorporatit in 1956
Dana Point, incorporatit in 1989
Fountain Valley, incorporatit in 1957
Fullerton, incorporatit in 1904
Garden Grove, incorporatit in 1956
Huntington Beach, incorporatit in 1909
Irvine, incorporatit in 1971
La Habra, incorporatit in 1925
La Palma, incorporatit in 1955
Laguna Beach, incorporatit in 1927
Laguna Hills, incorporatit in 1991
Laguna Niguel, incorporatit in 1989

Laguna Woods, incorporatit in 1999
Lake Forest, incorporatit in 1991
Los Alamitos, incorporatit in 1960
Mission Viejo, incorporatit in 1988
Newport Beach, incorporatit in 1906
Orange, incorporatit in 1888
Placentia, incorporatit in 1926
Rancho Santa Margarita, incorporatit in 2000
San Clemente, incorporatit in 1928
San Juan Capistrano, incorporatit in 1961
Santa Ana, incorporatit in 1886
Seal Beach, incorporatit in 1915
Stanton, incorporatit in 1956
Tustin, incorporatit in 1927
Villa Park, incorporatit in 1962
Westminster, incorporatit in 1957
Yorba Linda, incorporatit in 1967

Unincorporatit commonties

These commonties are ootside o ceety limits in unincorporatit coonty territory:

Planned commonties

Orange Coonty haes a history o lairge planned commonties. Nearly 30% o the coonty wis creatit as master planned commonties, the maist notable bein the City of Irvine, Coto de Caza, Anaheim Hills, Tustin Ranch, Tustin Legacy, Ladera Ranch, Talega, Rancho Santa Margarita, an Mission Viejo. Irvine is aften referred tae as a model maister-planned ceety, for its veelages o Woodbridge, Northwood, University Park, an Turtle Rock that wur laid oot bi the Irvine Company o the mid-1960s afore it wis bocht by a group o investors that includit Donald Bren.