Shafter
Shafter is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is located 18 miles west-northwest of Bakersfield. The population was 19,953 at the 2020 census, up from 16,988 at the 2010 census.
- Type: Town with 20,100 residents
- Description: city in Kern County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Shafter (California)”, “Shafter, CA”, and “Shafter, California”
- Postal code: 93263
Places of Interest
Highlights: Shafter High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Shafter and Thomas Lane.
Shafter
- Categories: city in the United States, charter city, and locality
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.50146° or 35° 30′ 5″ north
Longitude
-119.27368° or 119° 16′ 25″ west
Population
20,100
Elevation
348 feet (106 metres)
IATA airport code
MIT
UN/LOCODE
US MIT
Open location code
8572GP2G+HG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Shafter” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شافتير”
- Basque: “Shafter”
- Bulgarian: “Шафтър”
- Catalan: “Shafter”
- Cebuano: “Shafter”
- Chechen: “Шафтер”
- Chinese: “沙夫特”
- Croatian: “Shafter”
- Danish: “Shafter”
- Dutch: “Shafter”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شافتير”
- French: “Shafter”
- German: “Shafter”
- Gilaki: “شافتر”
- Haitian: “Shafter, Kalifòni”
- Haitian: “Shafter”
- Hungarian: “Shafter”
- Irish: “Shafter”
- Italian: “Shafter”
- Japanese: “シャフター (カリフォルニア州カーン郡)”
- Japanese: “シャフター”
- Ladin: “Shafter”
- Malagasy: “Shafter, Kalifornia”
- Malagasy: “Shafter”
- Mazanderani: “شافتر (کالیفورنیا)”
- Mazanderani: “شافتر”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shafter”
- Newari: “शाफ्टर, क्यालिफोर्निया”
- Newari: “शाफ्टर”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shafter”
- Norwegian: “Shafter”
- Persian: “شافتر، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “شافتر”
- Polish: “Shafter”
- Portuguese: “Shafter”
- Romanian: “Shafter, California”
- Romanian: “Shafter”
- Russian: “Шафтер”
- Serbian: “Šafter”
- Serbian: “Шафтер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Shafter, California”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Shafter”
- South Azerbaijani: “شافتر، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Shafter”
- Swedish: “Shafter, Kalifornien”
- Swedish: “Shafter”
- Tagalog: “Shafter, California”
- Tagalog: “Shafter”
- Tatar: “Шафтер”
- Turkish: “Shafter, Kaliforniya”
- Turkish: “Shafter”
- Ukrainian: “Шафтер”
- Urdu: “شیفٹر، کیلیفورنیا”
- Uzbek: “Shafter”
- Volapük: “Shafter”
- Waray (Philippines): “Shafter, California”
- Waray (Philippines): “Shafter”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Smith Corner and Mexican Colony.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Shafter City Hall and Window of Heaven.
Kern County: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Bakersfield and Ridgecrest.
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