Rancho Mirage, California
Riverside County
06-59500
Rancho Mirage is a city in Riverside County in the U.S. state of California with 17,218 inhabitants ( 2010). The city covers an area of 64.326 km ². Rancho Mirage is a resort. The population may be on the season through 20,000. Located between the cities of Cathedral City and Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage is one of nine cities in the Coachella Valley (Greater Palm Springs ).
Geography
Rancho Mirage is located in central Riverside County, California in the United States. It is bordered to the west by the cities of Cathedral City and Palm Springs, Palm Desert to the east and the northeast by the municipality of Thousand Palms; the south and north of Rancho Mirage and partially bordered unincorporated community. Through the city itself leads the California State Route 111, also Interstate 10 runs along the northern city limits along.
The city is located about 180 kilometers southeast of Los Angeles, 420 kilometers northwest of Phoenix and 190 kilometers north of San Diego.
Rancho Mirage has 17,218 inhabitants (as of 2010) and covers an area of 64.326 km ², are of 63.318 km ² land area. The water surface is thus 1.008 km ², it falls to the example of the man-made lake in the middle of an island with the zehnstockigen "Desert Iceland Hotel Golf Resort" is located. The population density is 271.9 inhabitants per square kilometer and is comparatively low. The center of Rancho Mirage is situated at an altitude of 83 meters.
Climate
The climate of Rancho Mirage is strongly influenced by the environment. The location between three high mountains in a valley sloping to the south leads to a unique, warm climate in every season; the winter even considered to be the warmest in the western United States. Furthermore, the climate is arid. The average annual maximum temperature is 31 ° C, the lowest temperature of 17 ° C. In summer, however, temperatures above 42 ° C are common, and in rare cases, 49 ° C can be achieved. Even in the summer nights, the low temperature is still at 28 ° C. The maximum values during the day in winter are 23-29 ° C. The average annual rainfall is below 130 mm, the number of sunny days at about 348 per year.
Demography
The 2010 Census showed a population of 17,218. Since 2000, thus the population rose by more than 3,500, as the number of residents in approximately 13,600 lay ( Volkszählzung 2000). The majority live in the White City, namely about 80 percent. The number of Latinos is relatively low for the conditions in California with about eleven percent. Other groups, such as African Americans and Asians are a minority. As part of the 2010 Census was also determined that for every 100 women 97.7 males. The number of households was 8,829. Rancho Mirage is characterized demographically mainly by a high median age of, it is 62 years. The population of the 65 -year-old alone accounts for 44 percent of all residents of Rancho Mirage.
History
Rancho Mirage was formed in 1973 through a merger of Mirage Cove resort and five unincorporated areas Desert, Magnesia, Palmas, Tamarisk and Thunderbird. In those days, 3000 permanent residents in the newly founded city.
Although the first modern settlements existed in the 1920s and 1930s, Rancho Mirage became famous only after the Second World War. Today is particularly the Villa Sunnylands known that many celebrities, including some U.S. presidents visited, . In addition, the city has twelve golf courses, the first of which was opened in 1946. A tribe of Cahuilla today operates the gambling hall " Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa".
Policy
Rancho Mirage is part of the 28th district in the Senate of California, which is currently represented by Democrat Ted Lieu, and the 42nd District of the California State Assembly, represented by Republican Brian nest changes. Furthermore belongs to Rancho Mirage California's 36th congressional district, which a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R 1 and is represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz.
Economic institutions
In Rancho Mirage, the Betty Ford Center is located on the grounds of the Eisenhower Medical Center.
The terrain Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage was visited over the years by many celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Elizabeth II and Mary Martin. In addition, the U.S. president Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford spent their holidays here. Ford later acquired a house in Rancho Mirage, where he lived until his death on 26 December 2006.
Economically, Rancho Mirage oriented today not only to golf resorts and revenues from rentals, but was able to establish Interstate 10 light industrial and trading centers. There are also shopping centers like "The River".
Personalities
U.S. President Gerald Ford and his wife Betty Ford were the most famous residents of Rancho Mirage. Other prominent citizens were or are, among others:
- Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States, and his wife Judy Agnew
- Desi Arnaz, actor, director and musician
- Barbara Boxer, politician and member of the Senate of the United States
- Larry Ellison, founder and president of the software company Oracle
- Phil Harris, actor, musician and entertainer
- Shelby Lynne, Musician
- Mary Martin, actress
- Harpo Marx, entertainers, mime and actor
- Zeppo Marx, actor and comedian
- Anne Rice, writer
- Ginger Rogers, actress
- Jane Wyman, actress