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Encyclopedia > Inland Empire

There are three places in the United States called the Inland Empire:


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Inland Empire (California) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1792 words)
The Inland Empire is centered on the oldest cities in the region: Ontario, San Bernardino, Redlands, Upland, and Riverside.
The name "Inland Empire" was first used in the 1950s to distinguish the region from the communities of the Los Angeles area, and Los Angeles itself.
The region is 'framed' by these counties' boundaries with Orange and Los Angeles to the west and the San Jacinto Mountains on the east, and from the San Bernardino Mountains on the north to the San Diego County line on the south.
NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Inland Empire (California) (858 words)
For residents of Southern California, the Inland Empire is a popular informal term for the region that is centered on the oldest cities in the region: (in no particular order) Ontario, San Bernardino, Redlands, Upland, and Riverside.
The name "Inland Empire" was first used in the 1950s to distinguish the region from the communities of the nearby Los Angeles area, and Los Angeles itself, located about 60 miles to the west.
The Victor Valley, lying to the north of the San Bernardino range and to the east of the Antelope Valley in the southern Mojave Desert, is also considered part of the Inland Empire.
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