Chula Vista

Chula Vista
/chooh"leuh vis"teuh/
a city in SW California, near San Diego. 83,927.

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City (pop., 2000: 173,556), southwestern California, U.S. It lies on the eastern shore of San Diego Bay south of San Diego.

Laid out in 1888 by the Santa Fe Railway and named for its "pretty view," it developed as a citrus centre, later turned to truck gardening, and is now primarily residential.

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      city, San Diego county, southern California, U.S. Chula Vista lies on the eastern shore of San Diego Bay, south of San Diego and just north of Tijuana, Mexico. Once the territory of the Kumeyaay Indians, the area now known as Chula Vista was claimed by the Spanish, the Mexicans, and then, with California's statehood (1850), the Americans. The city was laid out in 1888 by the Santa Fe Railway and named for its “pretty view.” The completion of the Sweetwater Dam brought water to the city and spurred its development as a citrus centre; it was, for a period, the world's leading grower of lemons (lemon), but freezing weather and drought in the 1910s harmed production. The city later turned to truck gardening, with celery as a principal crop. Development of the aerospace industry and other manufactures in the San Diego area contributed to the city's residential growth. Chula Vista is the seat of a community college founded in 1961. Notable attractions include the Chula Vista Heritage Museum and the Chula Vista Nature Center, which features an interactive aquarium. It is also home to a year-round Olympic training centre. Inc. 1911. Pop. (1990) 135,163; (2000) 173,556.

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