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San Luis Obispo, California

Administration

Full name	City of San Luis Obispo
Official name	City of San Luis Obispo
Settlement type	City
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Luis Obispo
Incorporated	February 16, 1856
Government
Mayor	Jan Howell Marx
State Senate	Sam Blakeslee (R)
State Assembly	Katcho Achadjian
Geography
Total Area	12.930 sq mi (33.5 km2)
Land Area	12.777 sq mi (33.1 km2)
Water Area	0.153 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation	233 ft (71 m)
Demography
Total Population	45119 (2010)
Density (pop.)	auto/km² (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes	93401-93403, 93405-93410, 93412
Area code	805
FIPS code	06-68154
GNIS feature ID	1652788

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San Luis Obispo (c-eniconsæn_ˈluːɪs_ɵˈbɪspoʊ; Spanish for St. Louis, the Bishop) is a city in California, located midway between San Jose and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. Founded in 1772 by Spanish Fr. Junipero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of California’s oldest communities. The city, referred to locally as "SLO", "SLOtown", "S.L.O." and "San Luis", is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County and is adjacent to California Polytechnic State University. It has been referred to as "the happiest city in America" by Oprah Winfrey and the National Geographic book "Thrive" by Dan Buettner. The population was 45,119 at the 2010 census.

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