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Encinitas

Encinitas is a small beach town in the end of in . The town has a main street that looks to be right out of a George Lucas 1950s movie scene, including a city name sign spanning the Coast Highway that welcomes visitors arriving into the north end of town from .
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  • Type: City with 62,000 residents
  • Description: city in California, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Encinitas”, “Encenitos”, “Encinitas, CA”, “Encinitas, California”, and “Encinitos”
  • Postal codes: 92023 and 92024

Places of Interest

Highlights include San Diego Botanic Garden and Encinitas station.

Garden
Photo: Bovlb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a botanical garden in Encinitas, California. It displays more than 5,000 plant species and varieties and has 15 gardens that represent different regions of the world, 12 demonstration gardens, and the largest public bamboo collection in North America.

Railway station
is a commuter rail station in Encinitas, California, that is on the NCTD COASTER commuter rail line. In addition to COASTER, it is also served by three BREEZE bus routes.

Movie theater
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is a historic Spanish Colonial Revival style movie theater in Encinitas, California.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Solana Beach and Cardiff-by-the-Sea.

Photo: Db9023, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city on the northern coast of in . It is near . It's a hangout for locals who love to surf, swim, and snorkel.

Suburb
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, usually referred to as Cardiff, is a beach community in the incorporated city of Encinitas in . The Pacific Ocean is to the west of , the rest of incorporated Encinitas is to the east and north, and a beach and lagoon to the south.

Suburb
is a beach community in the coastal city of Encinitas, California. It is known for its relatively secluded beaches in Southern California surf culture.

Encinitas

Latitude
33.037° or 33° 2′ 13″ north
Longitude
-117.292° or 117° 17′ 31″ west
Population
62,000
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US XFE
Open location code
85542PP5+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150938864
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5346646
Wiki­data ID
Q532711
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Encinitas” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Encinitas, California”
  • Albanian: “Encinitas”
  • Arabic: “إنسينيتاس”
  • Basque: “Encinitas”
  • Belarusian: “Энсінітас”
  • Bulgarian: “Енсинитас”
  • Catalan: “Encinitas”
  • Cebuano: “Encinitas”
  • Chechen: “Энсинитас”
  • Chinese: “Encinitas”
  • Chinese: “恩西尼塔斯”
  • Croatian: “Encinitas”
  • Czech: “Encinitas”
  • Danish: “Encinitas”
  • Dutch: “Encinitas”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انسينيتاس”
  • French: “Encinitas”
  • Galician: “Encinitas”
  • German: “Encinitas”
  • Gilaki: “انسينيتاس”
  • Haitian: “Encinitas, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Encinitas”
  • Hebrew: “אנסיניטס”
  • Hungarian: “Encinitas”
  • Irish: “Encinitas”
  • Italian: “Encinitas”
  • Japanese: “エンシニータス”
  • Japanese: “エンシニタス”
  • Japanese: “エンシニタス市”
  • Korean: “엔시니터스”
  • Ladin: “Encinitas”
  • Malagasy: “Encinitas, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Encinitas”
  • Malayalam: “എൻസിനിറ്റാസ്”
  • Mazanderani: “انسینیتاس (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “انسینیتاس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Encinitas”
  • Moksha: “Энсинитас”
  • Navajo: “Chéchʼilyáázh”
  • Newari: “एन्सिनितास (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “एन्सिनितास, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “एन्सिनितास”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Encinitas”
  • Norwegian: “Encinitas”
  • Persian: “انسینیتاس، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “انسینیتاس”
  • Polish: “Encinitas”
  • Portuguese: “Encinitas”
  • Russian: “Энсинитас”
  • Serbian: “Енсинитас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Encinitas, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Encinitas”
  • Silesian: “Encinitas”
  • Slovak: “Encinitas”
  • Slovenian: “Encinitas”
  • South Azerbaijani: “انسینیتاس، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Encinitas (California)”
  • Spanish: “Encinitas”
  • Swahili: “Encinitas, California”
  • Swahili: “Encinitas”
  • Swedish: “Encinitas”
  • Tagalog: “Encinitas, California”
  • Tagalog: “Encinitas”
  • Talysh: “Ensinitas”
  • Tatar: “Энсинитас”
  • Turkish: “Encinitas, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Encinitas”
  • Ukrainian: “Енсінітас”
  • Urdu: “انسینیتاس، کیلفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Encinitas”
  • Vietnamese: “Encinitas, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Encinitas”
  • Volapük: “Encinitas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Encinitas, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Encinitas”

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