Riverside, California

Riverside
City
City of Riverside
Riverside Skyline
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Nickname(s):  City of Arts and Innovation
Location of Riverside County within the State of California
Country	United States
State	California
County	Riverside
Founded	1870
Incorporated	1883
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• City Council	Mayor Ronald O. Loveridge Mike Gardner Andy Melendrez Rusty Bailey Paul Davis Chris Mac Arthur Nancy Hart Steve Adams
• City Manager	Scott Barber
Area
• Total	81.444 sq mi (210.941 km2)
• Land	81.140 sq mi (210.152 km2)
• Water	0.304 sq mi (0.788 km2)  0.37%
Elevation	860 ft (262 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	303,871
• Rank	1st in Riverside County 12th in California 61st in the United States
• Demonym	Riversider
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	92501-92509, 92513-92519, 92521-92522
Area code	951
FIPS code	06-62000
GNIS feature ID	1661315
Website	riversideca.gov

Riverside is a big city in California. It is the county seat of Riverside County. The city, which got its name from being close to the Santa Ana River, is the first place that California that people sold a lot of citrus fruit. In 2008, about 311,575 people lived in Riverside. The city is the 61st biggest city in the United States and the 12th biggest city in California.

Because houses cost less money in Riverside than most cities in Southern California, people have been slowly moving there. This makes traffic bad as people from Riverside drive to work in Orange County and Los Angeles.

Riverside has a few schools, including La Sierra University, California Baptist College, and the University of California-Riverside. The city also has Riverside Municipal Museum, the California Museum of Photography, and the California Citrus State Historic Park. In 1873, the Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree was planted in Riverside, and it is one of two original orange trees in California. The historic Mission Inn is another popular place.

Riverside is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area.