Monterey

E30312

city municipality

Monterey is a historic coastal city in Northern California known for its scenic bay, marine life, and former prominence as a sardine-canning and fishing center.

Aliases (5)

Monterey, California ×13
Monterey, California, United States ×4
Monterey, Alta California ×3
Pebble Beach, California, United States ×1
city of Monterey, California ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
adjacentTo	Del Rey Oaks → Pacific Grove → Seaside →
areaCode	831 →
climate	Mediterranean climate →
country	United States of America →
countySeatOf	Monterey County →
demographicsNote	population under 50,000 residents →
economy	education and research → military installations → tourism →
elevation	26 feet → 8 meters →
foundedBy	Gaspar de Portolá → Junípero Serra →
foundingDate	1770 →
governingBody	Monterey City Council →
hasAttraction	Cannery Row → Colton Hall → Monterey Bay Aquarium → Monterey State Historic Park → Old Fisherman’s Wharf → Presidio of Monterey →
hasInstitution	Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center → Naval Postgraduate School →
historicalRole	former capital of Alta California → former capital of Mexican California → former capital of the U.S. Territory of California →
knownFor	Cannery Row → Fisherman’s Wharf → Monterey Bay Aquarium → Monterey Jazz Festival → commercial fishing → historic adobes → historic waterfront → marine life → sardine canning industry → tourism → whale watching →
locatedIn	California → Monterey County →
locatedInProtectedArea	Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary →
locatedInRegion	Northern California →
locatedOn	Monterey Bay → Pacific Ocean →
near	Carmel-by-the-Sea → Pebble Beach →
officialLanguage	English →
partOf	Central Coast of California →
postalCode	93940 → 93943 →
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone →
traversedBy	California State Route 1 → California State Route 68 →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central California → Central Coast of California → Monterey County, California ("Monterey, California") →	contains
California constitutional convention of 1849 ("Monterey, California") → Legislature of California under Mexican rule ("Monterey, Alta California") → NRL Monterey detachment ("Monterey, California") →	location
Monterey Bay region ("Monterey, California") → Northern California →	hasMajorCity
Los Padres National Forest ("Monterey, California") → Point Sur State Historic Park ("Monterey, California") →	nearestCity
Felipe de Neve ("Monterey, Alta California") → John Steinbeck ("Monterey, California, United States") →	residence
Mexican Alta California →	capital
Point Sur Lighthouse ("Monterey, California") →	cityNearest
Diocese of El Camino Real ("Monterey, California") →	cityServed
Raymond A. Spruance ("Pebble Beach, California, United States") →	deathPlace
TED conferences ("Monterey, California, United States") →	inceptionPlace
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center ("Monterey, California") →	locatedIn
Fort Ord ("Monterey, California") →	locatedNear
Pacific Coast Highway →	near
Californios →	notableCenter
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo ("Monterey, California") →	originalFoundingLocation
Fort Ord ("city of Monterey, California") →	partiallyLocatedIn
Scott Eastwood ("Monterey, California, United States") →	placeOfBirth
TED conferences ("Monterey, California, United States") →	previousFlagshipLocation
Constitution of California ("Monterey, California") →	previousVersionLocationOfAdoption
Governor of Las Californias ("Monterey, Alta California") →	seat
Cannery Row ("Monterey, California") →	setInLocation