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Southern California

geographic and cultural region
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Summary

Southern California is a region[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,572 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Commons category: Southern California[5]
  • Has part(s): Imperial County[6], Kern County[7], Los Angeles County[8], Orange County[9], Riverside County[10], San Bernardino County[11], San Diego County[12], San Luis Obispo County[13], Santa Barbara County[14], Ventura County[15]
  • Coordinate location: 34, -117[16]
  • Significant event: Santa Ana winds[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Southern California[18]
  • Short name: SoCal[19]
  • Different from: Baja California[20], Baja California peninsula[21], Baja California Sur[22]
  • Geography of topic: geography of Southern California[23]
  • Territory overlaps: Southern California[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Southern California[25], WikiProject California[26], WikiProject United States[27]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Southern California[28]

Why It Matters

Southern California has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → california-southern
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: california-southern, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922058|california southern (#289922058)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  2. 8w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → southerncalifornia, socal
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: socal, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144667757|socal (#144667757)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory]] #mix'n"
  3. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gaycities id → longbeach
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gaycities id: longbeach, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/226428973|SoCal (#226428973)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7294|GayCities city]] #mix'n"
  4. 18w ago · Vojtěch Dostál · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 34, 'longitude': -117}
    Country → —
    Significant event → Santa Ana winds
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nl cr aut id: ge351174, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/148272904|Kalifornie jižní (#148272904)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5735|NKCR geographic"
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