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Avenal
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city in Kings County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Kings
- Incorporated
- September 11, 1979
- City council
- Alvaro Preciado (Mayor) Alejandro Ramirez (Mayor Pro Tem) Louis Gravalle Ricardo Verdugo Pablo Hernandez
- City manager
- Antony V. López
- Police chief
- Robert A. Nevárez
- Total
- 19.48 sq mi (50.46 km )
- Land
- 19.48 sq mi (50.46 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0%
- Elevation
- 807 ft (246 m)
- Density
- 703.0/sq mi (271.42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 06-03302
- Gnis feature ids
- 1660285 , 2409764
- Website
- www .cityofavenal .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Avenal, CA - Official Website | Official Website
The official website home page for the City of Avenal, California. View event calendars, meeting agendas, and get answers to frequently asked questions about City services.
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Encyclopedic overview
Avenal (Spanish for "Oat field") is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Avenal is located 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 807 ft (246 m). It is part of the Hanford-Corcoran metropolitan area (MSA Code 25260), which encompasses all of Kings County. In area, it is the fourth-largest city in Kings County. As of the 2020 census, Avenal had a population of 13,696, which includes inmates at the Avenal State Prison, the first prison actively solicited by a community in the state of California. Many of the remaining residents largely either work at the prison or in the agriculture industry. The prison provides approximately 1,000 jobs to residents. The California Department of Finance estimated that Avenal's population was 13,496 on July 1, 2019. As of that date, Avenal State Prison held 4,165 inmates, which was about 32% of the total population of Avenal. Inmates are counted as city residents by both the United States census and the California Department of Finance.
Early history
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Avenal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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