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Location: California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. Nicknamed The Golden State, it is the most populous and third-largest state by land area, after Alaska and Texas. Californias diverse geography ranges from the Pacific Coast to the west, to the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the east, to the Mojave Desert areas in the southeast and to the Redwood–Douglas-fir forests of the northwest. Its five largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Fresno. History The name California once referred to a large area of North America claimed by Spain .Beginning in the late 18th century, the area was colonized by the Spanish Empire as part of New Spain. In 1821, Alta California became a part of Mexico following its successful war for independence. American victory in the war led to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in which Mexico ceded(Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico) Alta California to the United States. Western areas of Alta California became the state of California, which was admitted as the 31st state on September 9, 1850. language Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian North America; Industry Meanwhile, attracted to the mild Mediterranean climate, cheap land, and the states wide variety of geography, filmmakers established the studio system in Hollywood in the 1920s. A couple of decades later, Stanford University and its Dean of Engineering Frederick Terman began encouraging faculty and graduates to stay in California instead of leaving the state, and develop a high-tech region in the area now known as Silicon Valley. As a result of these efforts, California is currently regarded as a world center of the entertainment and music industries, of technology and engineering businesses, and as the U.S. center of agricultural production. The Los Angeles Lakers are a Nationa