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Encyclopedia > San Gabriel

San Gabriel (the Spanish name of the Archangel Gabriel) could mean one of several places:

  • San Gabriel, Ecuador
  • San Gabriel, Durango, Mexico
  • San Gabriel, Guanajuato, Mexico
  • San Gabriel, Jalisco, Mexico
  • San Gabriel, California, USA
  • San Gabriel Chilac, Puebla, Mexico
  • San Gabriel Mixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

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City of San Gabriel (421 words)
The rich history of the City of San Gabriel dates back to 1771 with the founding of the Mission San Gabriel Archangel, a California State historical landmark, and establishes San Gabriel as the birthplace of the Los Angeles region.
The Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, "Pride of the California Missions," founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1771, is the fourth of twenty-one California Missions, and has long been a center for culture and art.
As the original and oldest settlement north of San Diego and south of San Luis Obispo, it is from San Gabriel that the City of Los Angeles and the greater metropolitan area were established.
San Gabriel, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1266 words)
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, established in 1771, is the cradle of the San Gabriel Valley and one of many missions in California.
The upper middle-class northern part of San Gabriel (near affluent San Marino) tends to be heavily Taiwanese, whereas the Chinese Vietnamese and Mainland Chinese live in the working-class sections toward the southern and eastern portions of the city (near poorer Rosemead).
San Gabriel Square, constructed in the early 1990s in a mediterranean style, is the largest Asian shopping center in the area and is especially popular with affluent immigrants from Taiwan.
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