Menifee, California
Riverside County
Menifee is a city in Riverside County in the U.S. state of California with 77 519 inhabitants ( 2010) and a size of 120.711 km ².
The city was founded in 2008 by merging the Census-designated places Menifee, Sun City, Quail Valley, Paloma Valley and portions of Romoland.
Geography
Menifee is located in western Riverside County, California, United States. In the north, west and south of the city adjacent to Perris, Canyon Lake, Lake Elsinore, Murrieta and Wildomar. To the east and northeast, unincorporated community. The center of Menifee is located at the intersection of Newport Road and Interstate 215
Menifees a population of 77 519 (as of 2010), the urban area extends over an area of 120.711 km ² of which 120.345 km ² of land and 0.365 km ² water surface are.
Transport
The main roads in Menifee are Interstate 215 and was completed in 2011 Newport Road, which connects with Interstate Canyon Lake. The construction of a new road along the interstate is already underway.
Menifee is located about an hour's drive east of Orange County, 90 minutes south east of Los Angeles and an hour north of San Diego.
Climate
The climate is Mediterranean in Menifee. Sunshine throughout the year with an average of 263 sunny days and only 35 days of rain very often.
From April to November it is hot and dry; the average maximum temperatures are 28-38 ° C, minimum temperatures at 0 to 10 ° C. Antstiege above 38 ° C are not uncommon in this case, the highest ever measured in Menifee temperature is 46 ° C; it dates from the year 1998. Mostly, July is the warmest month.
In contrast, the period from November to March is less warm, the coldest month is usually December. The lowest recorded temperature was reached in Menifee in 1976 and was -10 ° C. In addition, in this phase, rain is most likely. At times, can develop large sand storms in the winter. February is on average the rainiest month of the year.
History
Today Menifee was originally inhabited by the tribe of the Luiseño. In the 18th century, the area was conquered by the Spaniards and ceded in 1850 in the Mexican-American war of Mexico to the United States.
In the mid-19th century agriculture occupied a large role. From the early 1880s the mining played an important role next after Luther Menifee Wilson had previously discovered a quartz vein. According to him, Menifee is named today.
In the early 1960s, the area of Sun City began to develop from. This was done by Del Webb, which began at that time to establish the concept of pensioners cities known as Sun City. Sun City, California is now a part of Menifee.
Around 1990 Menifee continued to grow as a planned city. The lack of jobs in the industrial sector and a strong retail make today that many residents work in other cities such as Temecula or Murrieta. Lately, many new houses, lakes and accommodations have been created in Menifee. In this way many new residents from the rest of the Inland Empire and Los Angeles could be attracted.
On June 3, the chosen people of the Census-designated places Menifee, Sun City, Quail Valley, Paloma Valley and portions of Romoland to combine their hometowns for the City of Menifee. This change is effective as of October 1, 2008; Menifee has since become the 26th city in Riverside County.
Policy
The Menifee Valley is a strictly conservative and Republican region in the Southern California Inland Empire dar.