Guadalupe, California

Santa Barbara County

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Guadalupe is a city in Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California, United States. The town has 7080 inhabitants ( 2010). Economically and socially Guadalupe is closely linked to the about 13 km to the east of Santa Maria.

The city was named after Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico.

Geography

Guadalupe is located in the extreme northwest of Santa Barbara County, south of the Santa Maria River. The urban area extends over 3.405 km ², of which 99.60 % land and 0.40 % water. The town consists of a close arrangement of buildings, surrounded by a mostly flat countryside. This is used primarily for agriculture and oil production.

In the south, hills rise behind which the Vandenberg Air Force Base.

To the west and north of the city are the Guadalupe - Nipomo Dunes, Guadalupe where his nickname " Gateway to the Dunes " owes. This region has been repeatedly used as a setting for films, such as The Ten Commandments of 1923 and the comedy The Odd Couple in 1998 for the films Pirates of the Caribbean -. At the end of the world and Hidalgo - 3000 miles were to fame here individual scenes filmed.

Economy

In Guadalupe, agriculture represents the most important source of income, the products are shipped to other places in the U.S. and overseas.

Transport

In Guadalupe, the California State Routes 1 and 166 intersect, so that the city is well connected to places in the north, east and south.

Guadalupe is located on the route of the Pacific Surfliner, a long-distance train of the U.S. company Amtrak.