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Salton City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California. The population was 3,763 at the 2010 census, up from 978 in 2000. It is the largest Imperial County development on the Salton coast. It is part of the El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area. Although maps at first view show Salton City to be a sizable community, very few of the surveyed streets and roads were ever developed. The town was developed in the 1950s and established in 1958 primarily by M. Penn Phillips and the Holly Sugar Corporation〔The San Diego Union-Tribune, March 9, 2005, "Salton Sea Timeline", http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050309/news_1c9seaside2.html〕〔Laflin, P., 1995, "The Salton Sea: California's overlooked treasure.", The Periscope, Coachella Valley Historical Society, Indio, California, 61 pp, (Reprinted in 1999), , http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/PeriscopeSaltonSeaCh7-9.html〕 as a resort community on the Salton Sea, a saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault, yet very little development was achieved due to its isolation and lack of local employment opportunities.〔Greenfield, Steven. "A Lake by Mistake" in Invention & Technology magazine Volume 21 Number 3 Winter 2006. http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2006/3/2006_3_38.shtml〕 In the 1970s, most of the buildings constructed along the shoreline, including the city's marina〔 were abandoned〔Redlands Institute, "Salton Sea atlas", ESRI, 2002, ISBN 1-58948-043-0, p.32〕 due to rising sea elevation. In the 1980s, the Imperial Irrigation District took proactive water conservation measures to reduce the flow of unused canal water into the Salton Sea.〔Imperial Irrigation District, "Salton Sea", http://www.iid.com/Water_Index.php?pid=600〕 Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, as salinity and suspected pollution levels in the Salton Sea increased, the attraction of the Salton Sea as a recreational destination diminished.〔National Geographic (magazine), Joel K. Bourne, Jr., "Salton Sea", Feb. 2005, http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0502/feature5/index.html〕 Most of the original tourist related structures fell during this time, including the Truckhaven Cafe, the Salton Bay Yacht Club hotel and restaurant, and the Holly House motel and restaurant (later renamed Desser House and then the Sundowner). In the 2000s, development in Salton City began to rise as a result of the escalating California housing market. Cheap land and housing costs, improvements to Highway 86, and a casino opened by Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians attracted new residents.〔Imperial Valley Press (2005), Salorio, Michael A., "West Shores community has high hopes for growth"〕〔Los Angeles Times (July 1, 2007), Streitfeld, David., "Salton City: A land of dreams and dead fish", http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/01/business/fi-salton1〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. This area makes Salton City the largest city or town in terms of land area in the Imperial Valley. Salton City is located on relatively flat ground. Several washes flow from the mountains to the west creating small gorges where any flowing run-off will drain into the Salton Sea. The vegetation of the CDP consists of mostly sparse desert shrub; however, in developed areas a variety of palm trees as well as other deciduous trees survive. Salton City is positioned between the eastern slope of the Peninsular Ranges and the western coast of the Salton Sea. To the north of the CDP are Salton Sea Beach and Desert Shores. Salton City is approximately 50 miles from the Imperial County seat of El Centro and 110 and 115 miles respectively from the coastal San Diego County cities of Oceanside and San Diego. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salton City, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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