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Central Valley

The Central Valley is a broad, elongated, flat valley that dominates the interior of , United States. It is 40–60 mi wide and runs approximately 450 mi from north-northwest to south-southeast, inland from and parallel to the Pacific coast.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln Village.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 4,401 at the 2020 census.

Central Valley

Latitude
38° north
Longitude
-121.4° or 121° 24′ west
Open location code
84CW2H2X+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5322066621
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­valley
Wiki­data ID
Q27026
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Central Valley” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سنترال فالي”
  • Arabic: “كاليفورنيا سنترال فالي”
  • Arabic: “وادي سنترال”
  • Asturian: “Valle Central de California”
  • Basque: “Erdialdeko Harana”
  • Basque: “Kaliforniako Erdialdeko Harana”
  • Belarusian: “Каліфарнійская даліна”
  • Bulgarian: “Калифорнийска долина”
  • Bulgarian: “Централна калифорнийска долина”
  • Bulgarian: “Централната калифорнийска долина”
  • Catalan: “Vall Central de Califòrnia”
  • Central Kurdish: “دۆڵی ناوەندی”
  • Chinese: “中央谷地”
  • Czech: “Centrální údolí”
  • Czech: “Velké kalifornské údolí”
  • Dutch: “California Central Valley”
  • Dutch: “Central Valley”
  • Dutch: “Centrale Vallei”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Valo de Kalifornio”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Valo”
  • Esperanto: “Kalifornia Centra Valo”
  • Finnish: “Central Valley”
  • Finnish: “Keskuslaakso”
  • French: “Central Valley”
  • French: “Vallee Centrale de Californie”
  • French: “Vallée centrale de californie”
  • French: “vallée Centrale”
  • French: “Vallée Centrale”
  • Georgian: “კალიფორნიის ველი”
  • German: “Central Valley”
  • German: “Fruchtgarten Amerikas”
  • German: “Kalifornisches Längstal”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Κοιλάδα (Καλιφόρνια)”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Κοιλάδα”
  • Hebrew: “העמק המרכזי”
  • Hebrew: “סנטרל ואלי”
  • Hungarian: “Central Valley”
  • Hungarian: “Központi-völgy”
  • Indonesian: “Central Valley California”
  • Italian: “California Central Valley”
  • Italian: “Valle centrale di California”
  • Japanese: “セントラル・バレー (カリフォルニア州)”
  • Japanese: “セントラル・バレー”
  • Japanese: “セントラルヴァレー”
  • Japanese: “セントラルバレー”
  • Kazakh: “Калифорния аңғары”
  • Korean: “센트럴 밸리”
  • Korean: “센트럴밸리”
  • Korean: “캘리포니아 센트럴 밸리”
  • Korean: “캘리포니아 센트럴밸리”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalifornijos slėnis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Central Valley”
  • Norwegian: “Central Valley”
  • Papiamento: “Valle Sentral”
  • Persian: “دره مرکزی”
  • Persian: “درهٔ مرکزی”
  • Polish: “dolina Kalifornijska”
  • Polish: “Dolina Kalifornijska”
  • Portuguese: “Vale central da Califórnia”
  • Portuguese: “Vale Central”
  • Russian: “Большая Калифорнийская долина”
  • Russian: “Калифорнийская долина”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Central Valley”
  • Slovenian: “Central Valley”
  • Slovenian: “Osrednja dolina”
  • Spanish: “California Central Valley”
  • Spanish: “Valle Central de California”
  • Spanish: “Valle Central”
  • Swedish: “Central Valley”
  • Turkish: “Orta Vadisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна долина Каліфорнії”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна долина”
  • Uzbek: “Kaliforniya vodiysi”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng Trung phần California”
  • Vietnamese: “Thung lũng Trung tâm”
  • Western Frisian: “Sintrale Delling”
  • Western Panjabi: “سنٹرل ویلی کیلیفورنیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “سینٹرل ویلی کیلیفورنیا”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Central Valley”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Blackslough Landing and Country Club.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Vulcan Island and Lincoln Village West Marina.

San Joaquin County: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Stockton, Lodi, Tracy, and Manteca.

Curious Valleys to Discover

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