La Quinta
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Riverside
- Incorporated
- May 1, 1982
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Linda Evans
- Mayor pro tem
- Kathleen Fitzpatrick
- City council
- John Pena , Steve Sanchez , Deborah McGarrey
- Total
- 35.68 sq mi (92.42 km )
- Land
- 35.26 sq mi (91.32 km )
- Water
- 0.42 sq mi (1.10 km ) 1.22%
- Elevation
- 135 ft (41 m)
- Density
- 1,184.1/sq mi (457.17/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Area code
- 442/760
- Fips code
- 06-40354
- Gnis feature ids
- 1660870 , 2411582
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
La Quinta (Spanish for "the country villa") is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States. Located between Indian Wells and Indio, it is one of the nine cities of the Coachella Valley. The population was 37,558 at the 2020 census, up from 37,467 at the 2010 census.
Golf courses include La Quinta Resort and Club, a resort dating to 1926, where director Frank Capra wrote the screenplay for Lost Horizon, and SilverRock Golf Resort, a host golf courses for the annual Bob Hope Chrysler Classic PGA golf tournament.