Simi Valley, California
Ventura County
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Simi Valley is a mega - settlement in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California. The geographic coordinates are: 34.26 ° N, 118.75 ° West. The administrative area has a size of 102.1 km ². Simi Valley is located about 60 km north-west from the center of Los Angeles, on the edge of the built-up area and 230 kilometers north of San Diego. It's not a grown city in the true sense - basic concept was a settlement in checkerboard arrangement of bulky lightly built single-family homes with inevitably minimum distances, the " Ranch " style with spacious hall as hall and kitchen for able to pay white workers, including from the nearby industrial area of Chatsworth.
Fame
- In Simi Valley, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is located with its Museum and grave of the 40th President of the United States.
- World famous Simi Valley was in 1982, when the movie Poltergeist from producer Steven Spielberg came into theaters. To this day, is still the original Poltergeist house, was shot in front of the in Simi Valley, Roxbury Drive 4267th The owner of the house in 1982 are today still the same.
- In Simi Valley, the court proceedings in the case of Rodney King took place, from whose judgment the Los Angeles riots developed in 1992.
- In Simi Valley was until 2006, the Audi Volkswagen Advanced Design Centre (now the VW Design Center California ( DCC ), Santa Monica ), which originated among other things, the Audi TT or the VW New Beetle. Connected to the ADC are the designer J Mays and Peter Schreyer.
- Nationally known, the city was the first time by - long time kept secret -. Nuclear reactor accident of 26 July 1959 ( see the list of accidents in nuclear facilities ).
Nature and Parks
Simi Valley is a city with lots of nature. This is seen, for example, to the 42 parks in Simi Valley. Together all the parks have an area of 614.994 acres ( 2489 km ²). The three largest parks are the Simi Hills Golf Course with 155.506 acres ( 629 km ²), of Cumash Park and Trail with 51.81 Acres and Oak Canyon Community Park with 38.164 acres (154 km ²).
In this park, you can do a lot of activities, such as sports like baseball, basketball, volleyball, jogging and tennis. In the larger you can also take sports such as mountain climbing, softball, soccer, swimming, golf, horseback riding, beach volleyball and fishing. But you can also relax on one of the many picnic areas in each of the parks. Especially popular is to get married in one of the parks or to celebrate other festivals is. In some of these parks are also historical buildings, railways and museums.
Most important tree species in the park are oaks. But there are also parks that consist only of citrus trees or grass. Sometimes you can find but also a small lake or stream in the park. The larger parks are located on the border of Simi Valley to the neighboring towns, but there are also many parks in the city center.
Agriculture
The three most important agricultural products in Simi Valley are strawberries ( $ 297,900,000. ), Lemon ( $ 182.8 million ) and avocados ( $ 99.3 million ). The products are mainly exported to Japan and the EU.
Agriculture in Simi Valley has two major problems: the large forest fires ( most recently in October 2003) and the olive fly ( Bactrocera oleae ).