Santa Nella

Santa Nella is a town of about 2,000 people in in . It's best known as a major rest stop on Interstate 5 and as the home of the iconic Danish-American diner Pea Soup Andersen's.
  • Type: Hamlet with 2,210 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Centinela”, “Santa Nella Village”, “Santa Nella, CA”, “Santa Nella, California”, and “سانتا نلا، کالیفرنیا”

Places of Interest

Highlights: O’Neill Forebay.

Reservoir
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O'Neill Forebay is a forebay to the …

Santa Nella

Latitude
37.0977° or 37° 5′ 52″ north
Longitude
-121.0169° or 121° 1′ 1″ west
Population
2,210
Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)
Open location code
849W3XXM+37
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“Santa Nella” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Santa Nella”
  • Chechen: “Санта-Нелла”
  • Chinese: “聖內拉”
  • Croatian: “Santa Nella”
  • Dutch: “Santa Nella”
  • French: “Santa Nella”
  • German: “Santa Nella”
  • Gilaki: “سانتا نلا”
  • Irish: “Santa Nella”
  • Italian: “Santa Nella”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Santa Nella”
  • Ladin: “Santa Nella”
  • Persian: “سانتا نلا”
  • Polish: “Santa Nella”
  • Serbian: “Санта Нела”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santa Nella, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santa Nella”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سانتا نلا، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Santa Nella”
  • Tatar: “Санта-Нелла”
  • Turkish: “Santa Nella”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта-Нелла”
  • Volapük: “Santa Nella”

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