Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. The city's population increased more than tenfold between 1960 and 1990. The city has long been known for its fine beaches and has become one of the surfing capitals of S California.

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Huntington Beach

City (pop., 2000: 189,594), southwestern California, U.S. Located on the Pacific coast, it was first called Shell Beach and after its subdivision (1901) was known as Pacific City. To encourage its promotion as a seaside resort, it was renamed Huntington Beach for the railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington. Its major economic assets are oil wells and refineries.

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Huntington Beach 

a city in the southwestern USA; in the state of California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. A suburb of the city of Anaheim and a distant suburb of Los Angeles. Population, 150,000 (1975). Huntington Beach has electronics, aerospace, and food-processing industries; petroleum is extracted in the vicinity. The city is a seaside resort.