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Monterey

Monterey is a city in the area of in . Monterey is one of the more beautiful coastal cities of California, and then a historic city can make for a great two-day trip for those visiting or a weekend getaway for California natives.
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  • Type: City with 28,800 residents
  • Description: city in California, United States
  • Also known as: “City of Monterey”, “Monterey, CA”, and “Monterey, California”
  • Postal codes: 93940 and 93942-93944
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Custom House and Monterey Museum of Art.

Museum
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The is the oldest surviving government building in , built in 1827 by Mexican authorities in Monterey, then the capital of Alta California.

Museum
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The an art museum located in Monterey, California. It was founded in 1959 as a chapter of the . The 's mission is to engage the community and celebrate the diversity of art--past, present, and future, with painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media from the nineteenth century to the present day.

Museum
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is a government building and museum in Monterey, California, United States. It was built in 1847–49 by Walter Colton, who arrived in Monterey as the chaplain on Commodore Robert F.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pacific Grove and Seaside.

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is in in the region of . It is next to the Pacific Ocean on just west of the city of Monterey.

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is a city in in the region of . It is on the coast of the , just north of the city of Monterey.

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Carmel-by-the-Sea, often called just , is a beautiful oceanside town on California's Highway 1, complete with dramatic views, white beaches, friendly locals and great food.

Monterey

Latitude
36.6003° or 36° 36′ 1″ north
Longitude
-121.8946° or 121° 53′ 41″ west
Population
28,800
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
IATA airport code
MRY
United Nations Location Code
US MY3
Open location code
848WJ424+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150965207
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5374361
Wiki­data ID
Q487315
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Monterey” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Monterey, Kalifornië”
  • Afrikaans: “Monterey”
  • Arabic: “مونتيري، كاليفورنيا”
  • Arabic: “مونتيري”
  • Armenian: “Մոնտերեյ”
  • Asturian: “Monterey”
  • Azerbaijani: “Monterey”
  • Azerbaijani: “Monterrey”
  • Balinese: “County Monterey, California”
  • Balinese: “County Monterey”
  • Basque: “Monterey”
  • Belarusian: “Мантэрэй”
  • Bengali: “মন্টেরে”
  • Breton: “Monterey”
  • Bulgarian: “Монтерей”
  • Catalan: “Monterey”
  • Catalan: “Monterrey”
  • Cebuano: “Monterey”
  • Cebuano: “Monterrey (HE)”
  • Cebuano: “Monterrey (Hiniusang mga Estado)”
  • Cebuano: “Monterrey, CA”
  • Cebuano: “Monterrey”
  • Chechen: “Монтерей”
  • Chinese: “Monterey”
  • Chinese: “蒙特利”
  • Chinese: “蒙特瑞”
  • Chinese: “蒙特雷”
  • Croatian: “Monterey”
  • Czech: “Monterey”
  • Dagbani: “Monterey”
  • Danish: “Monterey”
  • Dutch: “Monterey”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مونتيرى”
  • Esperanto: “Monterey”
  • Finnish: “Monterey”
  • French: “Monterey”
  • Galician: “Monterey”
  • German: “Monterey”
  • Gilaki: “مانتری”
  • Greek: “Μοντερέι”
  • Gujarati: “મોન્ટેરી”
  • Haitian: “Monterey, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Monterey”
  • Hebrew: “מונטריי”
  • Hindi: “मॉन्टेरी”
  • Hungarian: “Monterey”
  • Ido: “Monterey, Kalifornia”
  • Ido: “Monterey”
  • Indonesian: “Monterey, California”
  • Indonesian: “Monterey”
  • Irish: “Monterey”
  • Italian: “Monterey”
  • Japanese: “Monterey”
  • Japanese: “モンタレー”
  • Japanese: “モントレー”
  • Japanese: “モントレー市”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾಂಟೆರಿ”
  • Korean: “몬터레이”
  • Ladin: “Monterey”
  • Latvian: “Montereja”
  • Lithuanian: “Monterėjus”
  • Macedonian: “Монтереј”
  • Malagasy: “Monterey, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Monterey”
  • Malay: “Monterey”
  • Maltese: “Monterey, CA”
  • Maltese: “Monterey”
  • Marathi: “माँटेरे”
  • Marathi: “मॉँटेरे”
  • Mazanderani: “مونته‌ری (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “مونته‌ری”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Monterey”
  • Moksha: “Монтэрэй”
  • Newari: “मोन्तेरे (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “मोन्तेरे, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “मोन्तेरे”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monterey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monterey”
  • Norwegian: “Monterey”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Monterey”
  • Persian: “مونتهٔ ری، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “مونته ری”
  • Persian: “مونته‌ری”
  • Polish: “Monterey”
  • Portuguese: “Monterey”
  • Romanian: “Monterey, California”
  • Romanian: “Monterey”
  • Russian: “Монтерей”
  • Russian: “Монтеррей”
  • Serbian: “Monterej”
  • Serbian: “Monterey”
  • Serbian: “Монтереј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Monterey, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Monterey”
  • Silesian: “Monterey”
  • Sinhala: “මොන්ටරේ”
  • Slovak: “Monterey”
  • Slovenian: “Monterey”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مونته‌ری، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Monterey (California)”
  • Spanish: “Monterrey”
  • Swedish: “Monterey, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Monterey”
  • Tagalog: “Monterey, California”
  • Tagalog: “Monterey”
  • Talysh: “Monterej”
  • Talysh: “Monterey”
  • Tamil: “மான்டெர்ரே, கலிபோர்னியா”
  • Tamil: “மான்டெர்ரே”
  • Tatar: “Монтерей”
  • Telugu: “మాన్టరే”
  • Thai: “มอนเทอร์เรย์”
  • Turkish: “Monterey”
  • Ukrainian: “Monterey”
  • Ukrainian: “Монтерей”
  • Urdu: “مونتیریی”
  • Urdu: “مونٹیری، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Monterey”
  • Uzbek: “Монтерей”
  • Vietnamese: “Monterey”
  • Volapük: “Monterey”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Monterey, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Monterey”
  • Welsh: “Monterey”
  • Wu Chinese: “蒙特雷 (加利福尼亚州)”
  • Wu Chinese: “蒙特雷（加利福尼亚州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “蒙特雷”
  • Yue Chinese: “蒙特雷”
  • “Monterey”

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