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Santa Rosa

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

Santa Rosa is a city of California[1]. It draws 4,819 Wikipedia views per month (city of california category, ranking #10 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Association of Bay Area Governments[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sonoma County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Head of government: Chris Coursey[6], Chris Rogers[7]
  • Instance of: big city[8], charter city[9], county seat[10]
  • Shares border with: Mark West[11]
  • Named after: Rose of Lima[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: Cherkasy[13], Los Mochis[14], Jeju[15], Jeju Province[16]
  • Postal code: 95401[17], 95402[18], 95403[19], 95404[20], 95405[21], 95406[22], 95407[23], 95409[24]
  • Commons category: Santa Rosa, California[25]
  • Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[26]
  • Local dialing code: 707[27]
  • Inception: January 1, 1868[28]
  • Official website: http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us[29], https://www.srcity.org/[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Santa Rosa, California[31]
  • Streaming media URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLGcACK4iXQ[32]
  • Population: 167,815[33], 178,127[34]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Santa Rosa[35]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[37]
  • Capital of: Sonoma County[38]
  • Official name: Santa Rosa[39]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Santa Rosa, California[40]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Santa Rosa, California[41]
  • Number of households: 66,580[42]
  • Native label: Santa Rosa[43]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 107.478244 km²[44] and 107.481498 km²[45]. Santa Rosa sits at an elevation of 164 feet[46].

Why It Matters

Santa Rosa has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . srcity.org. Retrieved . srcity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . cacities.org. Retrieved . cacities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . jeju.go.kr. jeju.go.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  44. [45] ↑ . 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. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Rose of Lima
    Named after → —
    Capital of → Sonoma County
    Inception → +1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
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