El Cerrito
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Contra Costa
- Incorporated
- August 23, 1917
- Mayor
- Gabe Quinto
- State senator
- Jesse Arreguín ( D )
- State assembly
- Buffy Wicks ( D )
- U s congress
- John Garamendi ( D )
- County board
- District 1:, John Gioia
- Total
- 3.67 sq mi (9.51 km )
- Land
- 3.67 sq mi (9.51 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km ) 0%
- Elevation
- 69 ft (21 m)
- Density
- 7,070/sq mi (2,730/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
- Area codes
- 510, 341
- Fips code
- 06-21796
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
El Cerrito (Spanish for 'The Little Hill') is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, and forms part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a population of 25,962 according to the 2020 census. El Cerrito was founded by refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It was incorporated in 1917 as a village with 1,500 residents. As of the census in 2022, there were 25,583 people and 10,637 households in the city.
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