Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara County is in region. It is sometimes considered the northernmost part of . Although it shares excellent weather, Mission-style architecture, and beautiful beaches with the rest of Southern California, the Santa Barbara area is physically remote, and has more of the laid-back attitude of the .
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is a city and metropolitan area less than 100 miles from but vastly different in pace from its huge neighbor to the south. With a temperate climate and lush natural environs, the "Riviera of the West" is a pleasant day or weekend trip from L.A.

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is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Located on the , it is approximately 65 miles northwest of and 150 miles northwest of .

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is in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara County in . The city is Danish-themed as if it were the Danishland section of Disneyland, since it was founded by Danish immigrants and quite a few Danish descendants live here.

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is a small oceanside city in Santa Barbara County, California. The name translates to "Carpentry".

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is in Santa Barbara County, , . It is called the "City of Arts and Flowers". More than half the world's flower seeds are grown in the fields around . In 2021, it was home to 44,000 people.

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is a city a few miles west of and part of the contiguous urban area of Santa Barbara, within Santa Barbara County, . This article also covers the unincorporated community of Isla Vista, which is home to the University of California at Santa Barbara.

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is a small city located in Santa Barbara County, California. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 8,057. is economically and socially tied to the city of , which is about 8 miles to the east.

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is in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara County in . Located where US Route 101 crosses the otherwise inaccessible Santa Ynez Valley, most travellers to the wineries of the valley pass through . and are nearby, also on Highway 246, and is another nearby city in the valley.

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is an upscale community in Santa Barbara County that is home to high end resorts and the rich and famous including Oprah Winfrey and Rob Lowe.

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is a small community in the Valley winery region of Santa Barbara County in . It's in a valley of small towns, rolling hills, majestic oaks and friendly people.

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is a small community in the Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barbara County in . The area is home to many highly-rated wineries, and with many well-maintained, low-traffic rural roads, also has some of the best bicycling routes in the region.

Santa Barbara County

Latitude of center
34.5383° or 34° 32′ 18″ north
Longitude of center
-120.0308° or 120° 1′ 51″ west
Population
424,000
Elevation
3,284 feet (1,001 metres)
Geo­Names ID
5392967
Wiki­data ID
Q108106
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Santa Barbara County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة سانتا باربارا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه سانتا باربارا، كاليفورنيا”
  • Armenian: “Սանտա Բարբարա շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Santa Barbara”
  • Asturian: “Santa Barbara (condáu)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Santa-Barbara qraflığı”
  • Basque: “Santa Barbara konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Santa Barbara County, Kalifornien”
  • Bavarian: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Санта-Барбара”
  • Belarusian: “Санта-Барбара”
  • Bishnupriya: “সান্তা বারবারা কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “সান্তা বারবারা কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Санта Барбара”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Santa Barbara”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Santa Barbara”
  • Cebuano: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Central Kurdish: “شارستانی سانتا باربارا، کالیفۆرنیا”
  • Chechen: “Санта-Барбара”
  • Chinese: “Santa Barbara Kūn”
  • Chinese: “圣巴巴拉县”
  • Chinese: “聖巴巴拉縣”
  • Chinese: “聖巴巴拉郡”
  • Corsican: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Czech: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Danish: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Dutch: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة سانتا باربارا”
  • Esperanto: “kantono sankta Barbara”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Santa Barbara”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Santa Barbara”
  • Estonian: “Santa Barbara maakond”
  • Finnish: “Santa Barbaran piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Santa Barbara”
  • French: “comté de Santa Barbara”
  • French: “Comté de Santa Barbara”
  • Galician: “Condado de Santa Bárbara”
  • Georgian: “სანტა-ბარბარას ოლქი”
  • German: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Gilaki: “سانتا باربارا شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Σάντα Μπάρμπαρα”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Σάντα Μπάρμπαρα”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סנטה ברברה”
  • Hungarian: “Santa Barbara megye”
  • Icelandic: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Icelandic: “Santa Barbara-sýsla”
  • Irish: “Contae Santa Barbara, California”
  • Irish: “Contae Santa Barbara”
  • Italian: “contea di Santa Barbara”
  • Italian: “Contea di Santa Barbara”
  • Italian: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Japanese: “サンタ・バーバラ郡”
  • Japanese: “サンタバーバラ郡”
  • Korean: “샌타바버라 군”
  • Korean: “샌타바버라군”
  • Ladino: “Santa Barbara”
  • Latin: “Comitatus Barbaropolitanus”
  • Latin: “Santa Barbara Comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Santabarbaras apgabals”
  • Limburgan: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Lithuanian: “Santa Barbaros apygarda”
  • Lithuanian: “Santos Barbaros regionas”
  • Low German: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Luxembourgish: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Macedonian: “Санта Барбара”
  • Malayalam: “സാന്താ ബാർബറ കൗണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “सांता बार्बरा काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “سانتا باربارا شهرستان (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “سانتا باربارا شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Santa Barbara Kūn”
  • Navajo: “Tséʼą́ąyiʼ Naʼashchʼąąʼí Áłtsʼíísí Bił Hahoodzo”
  • Northern Frisian: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Norwegian: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hālgabærbera Sċīr”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sanct Bærberasċīr”
  • Pampanga: “Santa Barbara County, California”
  • Pampanga: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سانتا باربارا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سانتا باربارا”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Santa Barbara”
  • Polish: “Santa Barbara Country”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Santa Barbara”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Santa Bárbara”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Santa Barbara, California”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Santa Barbara”
  • Romanian: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Russian: “Санта-Барбара”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Santa Barbara”
  • Sardinian: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Serbian: “Okrug Santa Barbara”
  • Serbian: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Санта Барбара”
  • Serbian: “Санта Барбара”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santa Barbara County, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Santa Barbara”
  • Slovenian: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Santa Barbara”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Santa Bárbara”
  • Spanish: “Santa Barbara County California”
  • Spanish: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Swedish: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Tagalog: “Kondado ng Santa Barbara, California”
  • Tagalog: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Tatar: “Санта-Барбара (округ, Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Санта-Барбара”
  • Tumbuka: “Santa Barbara County, California”
  • Tumbuka: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Turkish: “Santa Barbara County, CA”
  • Turkish: “Santa Barbara County, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Santa Barbara County, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Turkish: “Santa Barbara ilçesi, CA”
  • Turkish: “Santa Barbara ilçesi, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Santa Barbara ilçesi, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Santa Barbara İlçesi, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Santa Barbara ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта-Барбара”
  • Urdu: “سانتا باربرا کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Santa Barbara”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Santa Barbara, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Santa Barbara”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Santa Barbara, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Santa Barbara”
  • Welsh: “Santa Barbara County, Califfornia”
  • Welsh: “Santa Barbara County”
  • Western Panjabi: “سانتا باربرا کاؤنٹی”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣巴巴拉县”
  • “Santa Bárbara”

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