Santa Ana Valley

The Santa Ana Valley is located in Orange County, California and is bisected by the Santa Ana River. The valley is home to most of Orange County's central business districts. The cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Irvine, Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, and Yorba Linda are located in the Santa Ana Valley.

History

This valley was named Vallejo de Santa Ana in 1769 after the Gaspar de Portolà expedition, of which Friar Junípero Serra was a part, as well as Sargeant José Antonio Yorba, and José Manuel Nieto. The mission located closest to the Santa Ana Valley is Mission San Juan Capistrano, which was built east of the San Joaquin Hills, in the present day city of San Juan Capistrano.

Ranchos

The historic Ranchos of California in the Santa Ana Valley area:

• Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana
• Rancho San Joaquin
• Rancho Lomas de Santiago
• Rancho San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana
• Rancho Vallejo de Santa Ana

See also

• Category: Ranchos of Orange County, California
• List of Ranchos of California

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Greater Los Angeles Area

Counties

• Los Angeles
• Orange
• Riverside
• San Bernardino
• Ventura

Cities
and
towns

Central city	Los Angeles
200k–500k	Anaheim Fontana Irvine Long Beach Moreno Valley Oxnard Riverside San Bernardino Santa Ana Santa Clarita
100k−200k	Burbank Corona Costa Mesa Downey El Monte Fullerton Garden Grove Glendale Huntington Beach Inglewood Jurupa Valley Lancaster Murrieta Menifee Norwalk Ontario Orange Palmdale Pasadena Pomona Rancho Cucamonga Rialto Simi Valley Temecula Thousand Oaks Torrance Ventura Victorville West Covina
50k–100k	Alhambra Aliso Viejo Apple Valley Arcadia Azusa Baldwin Park Beaumont Bellflower Buena Park Camarillo Carson Cathedral City Chino Chino Hills Colton Compton Covina Cypress Diamond Bar Eastvale Fountain Valley Gardena Glendora Hacienda Heights Hawthorne Hemet Hesperia Highland Indio La Habra Laguna Niguel Lake Elsinore Lake Forest Lakewood Lynwood Mission Viejo Monrovia Montebello Monterey Park Newport Beach Palm Desert Paramount Perris Pico Rivera Placentia Redlands Redondo Beach Rosemead San Clemente San Jacinto Santa Monica South Gate Tustin Upland Westminster Whittier Yorba Linda Yucaipa
25k–50k	Adelanto Banning Barstow Bell Bell Gardens Beverly Hills Brea Cerritos Claremont Coachella Culver City Dana Point Desert Hot Springs La Mirada La Puente La Quinta La Verne Laguna Hills Lawndale Manhattan Beach Maywood Monrovia Montclair Moorpark Norco Palm Springs Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Santa Margarita San Dimas San Gabriel San Juan Capistrano Santa Paula Seal Beach South Pasadena Stanton Temple City Twentynine Palms Walnut West Hollywood Wildomar
10k–25k	Agoura Hills Artesia Blythe Calabasas Calimesa Canyon Lake Commerce Cudahy Duarte El Segundo Fillmore Grand Terrace Hawaiian Gardens Hermosa Beach La Cañada Flintridge La Palma Laguna Beach Laguna Woods Loma Linda Lomita Los Alamitos Malibu Palos Verdes Estates Port Hueneme Rancho Mirage San Fernando San Marino Santa Fe Springs Sierra Madre Signal Hill South El Monte Yucca Valley
Under 10k	Avalon Big Bear Lake Bradbury City of Industry Hidden Hills Indian Wells Irwindale La Habra Heights Needles Ojai Rolling Hills Rolling Hills Estates Vernon Villa Park Westlake Village

CDPs
over 25k

• Altadena
• East Los Angeles
• Florence-Graham
• French Valley
• Hacienda Heights
• Ladera Ranch
• North Tustin
• Rowland Heights
• South Whittier
• Temescal Valley
• West Whittier-Los Nietos
• Westmont

Area
regions

• Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city
• Antelope Valley
• Central Los Angeles
• Coachella Valley
• Colorado Desert
• Conejo Valley
• Downtown Los Angeles
• East Los Angeles
• Gateway Cities
• Greater Hollywood
• Greater Los Angeles
• Harbor Area
• Inland Empire
• Mojave Desert
• Northeast Los Angeles
• Northwest Los Angeles
• Orange Coast
• Palos Verdes Peninsula
• Pomona Valley
• Saddleback Valley
• San Bernardino Valley
• San Fernando Valley
• San Gabriel Valley
• Santa Ana Valley
• Santa Clarita Valley
• Simi Valley
• South Bay
• South Coast Metro
• South Los Angeles
• Victor Valley
• Westside Los Angeles

Landforms

• Baldwin Hills (range)
• Channel Islands
• Chino Hills
• Hollywood Hills
• Los Angeles Basin
• Oxnard Plain
• Palos Verdes Hills
• Puente Hills
• San Fernando Valley
• San Gabriel Mountains
• San Gabriel Valley
• San Jacinto Mountains
• Santa Ana Mountains
• Santa Catalina Island
• Santa Monica Mountains
• Santa Susana Mountains
• Sierra Pelona Ridge
• Simi Hills
• Verdugo Mountains

Bodies of
water

• Aliso Creek
• Arroyo Calabasas
• Arroyo Seco
• Ballona Creek
• Bell Creek
• Big Bear Lake
• Coyote Creek
• Lake Arrowhead
• Lake Gregory
• Lake Perris
• Lake Piru
• Los Angeles Aqueduct
• Los Angeles River
• Malibu Creek
• Mojave River
• Pacific Ocean
• Pyramid Lake
• Rio Hondo
• San Gabriel River
• San Juan Creek
• San Pedro Bay
• Santa Ana River
• Santa Clara River
• Santa Margarita River
• Santa Monica Bay
• Tujunga Wash

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