Whittier
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Summary
Whittier is a city in the United States[1]. Whittier ranks in the top 3% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,628 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Los Angeles County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Instance of: charter city[5]
- Shares border with: City of Industry[6], Santa Fe Springs[7], Pico Rivera[8], La Habra Heights[9], La Habra[10]
- Named after: John Greenleaf Whittier[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Changshu[12], Whittier[13], Suzhou[14]
- Postal code: 90601[15], 90602[16], 90603[17], 90604[18], 90605[19], 90606[20], 90607[21], 90608[22], 90609[23], 90610[24]
- Commons category: Whittier, California[25]
- Local dialing code: 562[26]
- Coordinate location: 33.965555555556, -118.02444444444[27]
- Official website: http://www.cityofwhittier.org[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Whittier, California[29]
- Population: 85,331[30], 87,306[31]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Whittier, California[32]
- Official name: Whittier[33]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Whittier, California[34]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Whittier, California[35]
- Number of households: 27,093[36]
- Category for people buried here: Q54438840[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Whittier, California[38]
- Elevation above sea level: 367[39]
- Area: 37.980867[40], 37.982582[41]
- Water as percent of area: 0.1076[42]
- Water area: 0.040874[43]
- Per capita income: 31,421[44]
Why It Matters
Whittier has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Whittier is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]