El Cajon

El Cajon is a city in , United States, 17 mi east of . The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was named for the box-like shape of the valley that surrounds the city, and the origin of the city's common nickname "the Box".
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  • City with about 106,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 440 feet (130 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code CJN
  • Description: city in San Diego County, California, United States
  • Postal codes: 92019-92022
  • Also known as
    “El Cajon, CA”
    “El Cajon, California”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Arnele Avenue station and Gillespie Field.
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is a county-owned public in El Cajon, California.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Mesa and Bostonia.
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is a census-designated place in .

El Cajon

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Latitude
32.7948° or 32° 47′ 41″ north
Longitude
-116.9625° or 116° 57′ 45″ west
UN/LOCODE
US CJN
Open location code
8545Q2VP+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150947968
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5345529
Wiki­data ID
Q369947

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“El Cajon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الكاخون”
  • Arabic: “الكاهون”
  • Asturian: “El Cajon”
  • Basque: “El Cajon”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Кахон”
  • Bengali: “এল কাজন”
  • Bulgarian: “Ел Кахон”
  • Catalan: “El Cajon”
  • Cebuano: “El Cajon”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئێڵ کاجۆن”
  • Chechen: “Эль-Кахон”
  • Chinese: “埃尔卡洪”
  • Chinese: “埃爾卡洪”
  • Croatian: “El Cajon”
  • Czech: “El Cajon”
  • Danish: “El Cajon”
  • Dutch: “El Cajon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الكاهون”
  • Emilian: “El Cajon”
  • Esperanto: “El Cajon”
  • Finnish: “El Cajon”
  • French: “El Cajon”
  • German: “El Cajon”
  • Gilaki: “ال کاخؤن”
  • Greek: “Ελ Καγιόν”
  • Gujarati: “અલ કજોન”
  • Haitian: “El Cajon, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “El Cajon”
  • Hebrew: “אל קאג’ון”
  • Hindi: “एल कायों”
  • Hungarian: “El Cajon”
  • Indonesian: “El Cajon, California”
  • Indonesian: “El Cajon”
  • Irish: “El Cajon, California”
  • Irish: “El Cajon”
  • Italian: “El Cajon”
  • Japanese: “エル・カホン”
  • Kannada: “ಎಲ್ ಕಾಜೊನ್”
  • Korean: “엘카혼”
  • Ladin: “El Cajon”
  • Latvian: “Elkahona”
  • Lithuanian: “Elkachona”
  • Malagasy: “El Cajon, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “El Cajon”
  • Malay: “El Cajon”
  • Malayalam: “എൽ കാജൻ”
  • Marathi: “अल कझोन”
  • Mazanderani: “ال کاجون (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “ال کاجون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “El Cajon”
  • Navajo: “Tsétah Tééh”
  • Newari: “एल क्यायों (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “एल क्यायों”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Cajon”
  • Norwegian: “El Cajon”
  • Persian: “ال کاجون، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “ال کاجون”
  • Polish: “El Cajon”
  • Portuguese: “El Cajon”
  • Romanian: “El Cajon, California”
  • Romanian: “El Cajon”
  • Russian: “Эль-Кахон”
  • Serbian: “Ел Кахон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “El Cajon, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “El Cajon”
  • Sinhala: “එල් කැජොන්”
  • Slovak: “El Cajon”
  • Slovenian: “El Cajon”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ال کاجون، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “El Cajon (California)”
  • Spanish: “El Cajón”
  • Swahili: “El Cajon, California”
  • Swahili: “El Cajon”
  • Swedish: “El Cajon”
  • Tagalog: “El Cajon”
  • Talysh: “El Kahon”
  • Tamil: “எல் கஜோன்”
  • Tatar: “Эл-Кахон”
  • Telugu: “ఎల్ కజోన్”
  • Thai: “เอลคาโฮน”
  • Turkish: “El Cajon, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “El Cajon”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Кахон”
  • Urdu: “ایل کاہون، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “El Cajon”
  • Vietnamese: “El Cajon, California”
  • Vietnamese: “El Cajon”
  • Volapük: “El Cajon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “El Cajon, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “El Cajon”
  • Welsh: “El Cajon, Califfornia”
  • Welsh: “El Cajon”
  • Western Panjabi: “ال کاجون”

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