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Alta

Alta is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in , United States, about 30 miles northeast of . The village is located off Interstate 80 and along the historical First transcontinental railroad.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 610 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community in California
  • Also known as: “Alta, CA” and “Alta, California”
  • Postal code: 95701

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Towle and Dutch Flat.

Hamlet
was an unincorporated community in , . was located on the Southern Pacific Railroad, 2 miles east of . It lies at an elevation of 3694 feet.

Hamlet
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in , California, United States, about 30 miles northeast of along Interstate 80.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , . is located 3 miles east of . It lies at an elevation of 3891 feet. is situated 1½ miles east of Alta.

Alta

Latitude
39.20679° or 39° 12′ 24″ north
Longitude
-120.81125° or 120° 48′ 41″ west
Population
610
Elevation
3,606 feet (1,099 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US AJL
Open location code
84FX654Q+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 141044428
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5323456
Wiki­data ID
Q4735944
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Alta” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Alta”
  • Cebuano: “Alta”
  • Chechen: “Альта”
  • Chinese: “阿爾塔”
  • Croatian: “Alta, Kalifornija”
  • Croatian: “Alta”
  • French: “Alta”
  • German: “Alta”
  • Gilaki: “آلتا”
  • Irish: “Alta”
  • Italian: “Alta”
  • Ladin: “Alta”
  • Malagasy: “Alta, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Alta”
  • Persian: “التا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “التا”
  • Polish: “Alta”
  • Serbian: “Алта”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alta, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alta, Kalifornija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alta”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلتا، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Alta”
  • Tatar: “Альта”
  • Ukrainian: “Альта”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alta”. Photo: George Luchs, CC0.