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Sierra County

Sierra County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,236, making it California's second-least populous county.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Loyalton and Sierra City.

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, a small city of about 800 residents Sierra County, , claims to be the "loneliest town in America". On average, about 11 people pass through each day, despite its proximity to major transport routes and a handful of attractions.

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is a census-designated place in Sierra County, , United States. The elevation of is 4,147 feet, and the town is situated in the canyon of the North Yuba River on California State Route 49, twelve miles northeast of the county seat of Sierra County, .
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Sierra County

Latitude of center
39.5849° or 39° 35′ 6″ north
Longitude of center
-120.5306° or 120° 31′ 50″ west
Population
3,240
Elevation
7,808 feet (2,380 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316944791
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5395582
Wiki­data ID
Q156370
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Sierra County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Sierra County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة سييرا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه سييرا، كاليفورنيا”
  • Armenian: “Սիերրա շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Sierra”
  • Asturian: “Sierra (condáu)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sierra qraflığı”
  • Basque: “Sierra konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Sierra County, Kalifornien”
  • Bavarian: “Sierra County”
  • Bishnupriya: “সিয়ের্রা কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “সিয়ের্রা কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Сиера”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Sierra”
  • Cebuano: “Sierra County”
  • Chechen: “Сьерра”
  • Chinese: “Sierra Kūn”
  • Chinese: “謝拉縣”
  • Chinese: “谢拉县”
  • Czech: “Sierra County”
  • Danish: “Sierra County”
  • Dutch: “Sierra County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono montara”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Sierra”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Sierra”
  • Estonian: “Sierra maakond”
  • Finnish: “Sierran piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Sierra”
  • French: “comté de Sierra”
  • French: “Comté de Sierra”
  • Georgian: “სიერის ოლქი”
  • German: “Sierra County”
  • Gilaki: “سیرا شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Σιέρα”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Σιέρα”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סיירה”
  • Hungarian: “Sierra megye”
  • Icelandic: “Sierra County”
  • Icelandic: “Sierra-sýsla”
  • Irish: “Contae Sierra”
  • Italian: “contea di Sierra”
  • Italian: “Contea di Sierra”
  • Italian: “Sierra County”
  • Japanese: “シエラ郡”
  • Korean: “시에라군”
  • Latin: “Sierra Comitatus”
  • Limburgan: “Sierra County”
  • Lithuanian: “Sieros apygarda”
  • Low German: “Sierra County”
  • Malayalam: “സിയേറ കൗണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “सियेरा काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “سیرا شهرستان (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “سیرا شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sierra Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sierra County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sierra County i California”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sierra County”
  • Norwegian: “Sierra County”
  • Pampanga: “Sierra County, California”
  • Pampanga: “Sierra County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سیرا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سیرا”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Sierra”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Sierra”
  • Russian: “Сьерра”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Sierra”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sierra County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Сијера”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sierra County, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sierra County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Sierra”
  • Slovenian: “Sierra County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Sierra (California)”
  • Spanish: “condado de Sierra”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Sierra”
  • Swedish: “Sierra County, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “Sierra County”
  • Tagalog: “Kondado ng Sierra, California”
  • Tagalog: “Sierra County”
  • Tatar: “Сьерра (округ, Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Сьерра”
  • Tumbuka: “Sierra County, California”
  • Tumbuka: “Sierra County”
  • Turkish: “Sierra County, CA”
  • Turkish: “Sierra County, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Sierra County, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Sierra County”
  • Turkish: “Sierra ilçesi, CA”
  • Turkish: “Sierra ilçesi, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Sierra ilçesi, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Sierra ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Сьєрра”
  • Urdu: “سیئرا کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Sierra”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Sierra, Ca Li”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Sierra, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Sierra”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Sierra, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Sierra”
  • Welsh: “Sierra County, Califfornia”
  • Welsh: “Sierra County”
  • Western Panjabi: “سیرا کاؤنٹی”
  • “Sierra”

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