Ventura
city in and county seat of Ventura County, California, United States
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Summary
Ventura is a big city[1]. Ventura draws 3,366 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #104 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ventura County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Joe Schroeder[5]
- Instance of: charter city[6], city of California[7]
- Shares border with: Oxnard[8]
- Named after: Bonaventure[9]
- Postal code: 93001[10], 93002[11], 93003[12], 93004[13], 93005[14], 93006[15], 93007[16], 93009[17]
- Commons category: Ventura, California[18]
- Located in time zone: UTC−08:00[19], Pacific Time Zone[20], UTC−07:00[21]
- Inception: March 31, 1782[22]
- Official website: https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ventura, California[24]
- Population: 1370[25], 106,433[26], 110,763[27]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Ventura, California[28]
- Capital of: Ventura County[29]
- Official name: City of San Buenaventura[30], Ventura[31]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ventura, California[32]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ventura, California[33]
- Number of households: 40,841[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Ventura, California[35]
- Elevation above sea level: 36 feet[36]
- Area: 83,125,668 m²[37], 83.124476 km²[38]
- Water as percent of area: 32.5287 percent[39]
- Permanent duplicated item: Ventura, California[40]
- Territory overlaps: Oxnard–San Buenaventura (Ventura) urban area[41]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Ventura include macOS Ventura[42], an operating system[43], founded in 2022[44] and 4825 Ventura[45], an asteroid[46].
Why It Matters
Ventura has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Ventura is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for Ventura include macOS Ventura[42], an operating system[43], founded in 2022[44] and 4825 Ventura[45], an asteroid[46].