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Salinas

city in California and the county seat of Monterey County, United States
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Summary

Salinas is a city in the United States[1]. Salinas ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47,337 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Monterey County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Kimbley Craig[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6], charter city[7], county seat[8]
  • Shares border with: Bolsa Knolls[9]
  • Twinned administrative body: Guanajuato[10], Wakuya[11]
  • Postal code: 93901[12], 93902[13], 93905[14], 93906[15], 93907[16], 93908[17], 93912[18], 93915[19]
  • Commons category: Salinas, California[20]
  • Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[21]
  • Local dialing code: 831[22]
  • Official website: http://www.ci.salinas.ca.us[23], https://www.cityofsalinas.org/Home[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Salinas, California[25]
  • Commons gallery: Salinas, California[26]
  • Population: 599[27], 150,441[28], 163,542[29]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Salinas, California[30]
  • Capital of: Monterey County[31]
  • Official name: Salinas[32]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Salinas, California[33]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Salinas, California[34]
  • Number of households: 41,296[35]
  • Native label: Salinas[36]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Salinas, California[37]
  • Owner of: Salinas Sports Complex[38]
  • Elevation above sea level: 52 feet[39]
  • Area: 61.249403 km²[40], 60.131486 km²[41]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Salinas include Salinas Municipal Airport[42], an airport[43], in United States[44].

Why It Matters

Salinas has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Salinas is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for Salinas include Salinas Municipal Airport[42], an airport[43], in United States[44].

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . ci.salinas.ca.us. Retrieved . ci.salinas.ca.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . cacities.org. Retrieved . cacities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Authority → Q140047458
    Domain name → ci.salinas.ca.us
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Authority: Q140047458"
  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 · Mxn · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Salinas, California
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 36.677777777778, 'lon': -121.65555555556}
    Owner of → Salinas Sports Complex
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+61.249403'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+60.131486'}
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: city of California"
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