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Sun Village is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California. At an elevation of , it is located in the eastern Antelope Valley. The center of Sun Village may be considered to be Palmdale Boulevard and 87th Street East as noted at the Los Angeles County Assessors office. The 2000 United States census reported Sun Village's population was 9,375. Historically the area within the Antelope Valley where African-Americans were redlined into buying real estate until the passage of fair housing and nondiscrimination laws in the mid-1960s. The issue of Sun Village's boundaries has been a topic of hot debate by the Littlerock and Sun Village Town Councils. Records of deeds and Los Angeles County records reveal that the northern boundary is Avenue U, to which everything on the north side is Sun Village,California. Sun Village has been awarded Federal, State, and County grants for the community based on this Avenue U boundary. There is a movement from the Sun Village Town Council to rebrand the area with the Sun Village name, which fell out of popularity in the early 80's. New road signage erected around 2011 now labels Sun Village as a unique community. In 2007, Sun Village and Littlerock Town Councils hammered out a Community Standard District together and it was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. In 2014, Officials from the City of Palmdale and Sun Village gathered at the Palmdale City Council Chamber Monday, September 3, 2014 for a historic signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in which Palmdale removed its sphere of influence in Sun Village, California. Sun Village residents, like many other Antelope Valley communities, has residents who take part in local pageants and parades. It operates its own local chamber of commerce and town council. Jackie Robinson County Park, located in Sun Village, California, is a focal point in Sun Village. The Sun Village Women's Club donated the land to the County to build a park for the community. Jackie Robinson came to the park in person to dedicate it to the community. The Friends of Jackie Robinson Park has kept the dream alive by raising funds throughout the year and supporting programs and projects in the park. There are after school programs, sports programs, homework help, music, marching and cheer leading. Composer and musician Frank Zappa played his music and made many friends in Sun Village when he first got started. Thus Sun Village is the setting of the Frank Zappa song "Village of the Sun". ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.7 square miles (16.8 km²), over 30% of which is land. 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「Sun Village, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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