La Mesa

La Mesa is a city in , United States, located nine miles east of in . The population was 61,121 at the 2020 census, up from 57,065 at the 2010 census.
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  • Type: City with 61,100 residents
  • Description: city in San Diego County, California, United States
  • Also known as: Allison Springs”, “City of La Mesa”, “La Mesa Heights”, “La Mesa Springs”, “La Mesa, CA”, “La Mesa, California”, and “Lamesa
  • Postal codes: 91941-91944

Places of Interest

Highlights include 70th Street station and Spring Street station.

Railway station
is a San Diego Trolley station served by the Green Line in La Mesa, California, United States. The next station west is UC San Diego Health East, and the next station east is .

Railway station
is a station on the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley. It is located in suburb of La Mesa, California, and serves both nearby residences and as a commuter park and ride location.

Railway station
is a station on the Orange Line of the San Diego Trolley in the suburb of La Mesa, California. It serves the dense nearby commercial area, as well as a variety of apartment buildings that surround the stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mid-City and El Cajon.

is the eastern part of the city of , bordered by I-8 and Mission Valley to the north, to the south, , Balboa Park and Hillcrest to the west, and La Mesa to the east.

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".

Town
is a census-designated place in the East County region of . The population was 30,998 at the 2020 census, up from 28,205 at the 2010 census.

La Mesa

Latitude
32.7678° or 32° 46′ 4″ north
Longitude
-117.0231° or 117° 1′ 23″ west
Population
61,100
Elevation
528 feet (161 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US LAE
Open location code
8544QX9G+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150934695
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5363990
Wiki­data ID
Q850929
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“La Mesa” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: La Mesa, Kalifornië
  • Arabic: لا ميسا
  • Basque: La Mesa
  • Belarusian: Ла-Меса
  • Bulgarian: Ла Меса
  • Catalan: La Mesa
  • Cebuano: La Mesa
  • Chechen: Ла-Меса
  • Chinese: La Mesa
  • Chinese: 拉米萨
  • Chinese: 拉米薩
  • Croatian: La Mesa
  • Czech: La Mesa
  • Danish: La Mesa
  • Dutch: La Mesa
  • Egyptian Arabic: لا ميسا
  • Finnish: La Mesa
  • French: La Mesa
  • Galician: La Mesa, California
  • Galician: La Mesa
  • German: La Mesa
  • Gilaki: لا مسا
  • Haitian: La Mesa, Kalifòni
  • Haitian: La Mesa
  • Hebrew: לה מסה
  • Hungarian: La Mesa
  • Irish: La Mesa
  • Italian: La Mesa
  • Japanese: ラ・メサ
  • Japanese: ラメサ
  • Korean: 라메사
  • Ladin: La Mesa
  • Malagasy: La Mesa, Kalifornia
  • Malagasy: La Mesa
  • Malayalam: ലാ മെസ
  • Mazanderani: لا مسا (کالیفورنیا)
  • Mazanderani: لا مسا
  • Min Nan Chinese: La Mesa
  • Navajo: Dah Azkáníiʼii
  • Newari: ला मेसा (क्यालिफोर्निया)
  • Newari: ला मेसा, क्यालिफोर्निया
  • Newari: ला मेसा
  • Norwegian Bokmål: La Mesa
  • Norwegian: La Mesa
  • Persian: لا مسا، کالیفرنیا
  • Persian: لا مسا
  • Polish: La Mesa
  • Portuguese: La Mesa
  • Russian: Ла-Меса
  • Serbian: La Mesa
  • Serbian: Ла Меса
  • Serbo-Croatian: La Mesa, California
  • Serbo-Croatian: La Mesa
  • Slovenian: La Mesa
  • South Azerbaijani: لا مزا، کالیفورنیا
  • Spanish: La Mesa (California)
  • Spanish: La Mesa
  • Swahili: La Mesa, California
  • Swahili: La Mesa
  • Swedish: La Mesa
  • Tagalog: La Mesa, California
  • Tagalog: La Mesa
  • Tatar: Ла-Меса
  • Turkish: La Mesa, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: La Mesa
  • Ukrainian: Ла-Меса
  • Urdu: لا میسا، کیلیفورنیا
  • Uzbek: La Mesa
  • Uzbek: Ла Меса
  • Volapük: La Mesa
  • Waray (Philippines): La Mesa, California
  • Waray (Philippines): La Mesa
  • Welsh: La Mesa

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