Huntington Beach

seaside city in Orange County, California, United States
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Summary

Huntington Beach 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 (4,693 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Orange County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Tony Strickland[5]
  • Continent: North America[6]
  • Instance of: big city[7], charter city[8]
  • Shares border with: Westminster[9], Newport Beach[10], Costa Mesa[11]
  • Named after: Henry E. Huntington[12]
  • Flag: flag of Huntington Beach[13]
  • Postal code: 92605[14], 92615[15], 92646[16], 92647[17], 92648[18], 92649[19]
  • Part of: Beach Cities[20]
  • Commons category: Huntington Beach, California[21]
  • Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[22]
  • Has part(s): Dog Beach[23]
  • Official website: http://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Huntington Beach, California[25]
  • Population: 189,992[26], 198,711[27]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Huntington Beach, California[28]
  • Official name: Huntington Beach[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Huntington Beach, California[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Huntington Beach, California[31]
  • Number of households: 82,734[32], 77,589[33]
  • Category of associated people: Q32649447[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 39 feet[35]
  • Area: 83.201621 km²[36], 82.576251 km²[37]
  • Water as percent of area: 16.1042 percent[38]

Why It Matters

Huntington Beach has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . latimes.com. Retrieved . latimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . cacities.org. Retrieved . cacities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 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] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook username → cityofhb
    Osm name suggestion index id → cityofhuntingtonbeach-dd713f, cityofhuntingtonbeach-1fe400
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Osm name suggestion index id: cityofhuntingtonbeach-dd713f, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  2. 21w ago · Hwierzbicki · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Huntington Beach, California
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Huntington Beach, California
    Part of → —
    Head of government → Barbara Delgleize, Tony Strickland
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: https://www.huntingtonbeachca.gov"
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