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Santa Clarita, California
Santa Clarita, California

Santa Clarita

California, United States
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Santa Clarita, city, Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. Situated along the Santa Clara River in the Santa Clarita valley between the San Gabriel and Santa Susana mountains, it lies 35 miles (55 km) northwest of central Los Angeles. It consists of several communities, including Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, and Valencia, that voted to incorporate in 1987. Originally inhabited by the ancestors of the Fernandẽno Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, who arrived in the 5th...

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