Rohnert Park, California

Sonoma County

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Rohnert Park is a planned city in Sonoma County in the U.S. state of California, United States. It was designed and built based on the plans of Levittown, Pennsylvania. The 40 971 inhabitants (as of 2010) big city is located about 80 km north of San Francisco.

The city is the seat of Sonoma State University, which is part of the California State University system.

Since November 5, 2013 in Rohnert Park is a an Indian tribe belonging casino called " Graton Resort & Casino". There is a large casino with 3000 Slotmaschienen and 144 gaming tables, comparable to the casinos in Las Vegas. The ruling in California gambling prohibition does not apply to Indian tribes, as these are sovereign on their land.

Geography

The urban area has, according the United States Census Bureau a size of 16.7 km ², of which 99.93 % water and 0.07 % water.

Geology

The " Rogers Creek Fault" is a geological fault which causes earthquakes in the area of Rohnert Park. The San Andreas Fault may have an impact in Rohnert Park.

Sections

The city is divided into sections, which are named after the letters " AH ", " J ", "L ", "M ", "R " and " S". The vast majority of streets and squares start with the letter of the section in which they are located.