Martinez, CA
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N 38° 00.836 W 122° 08.112
10S E 575913 N 4207713
Martinez, CA's city hall.
Waymark Code: WM5KTG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2009
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"Martinez (pronounced /m?r'ti?n?s/ "mar-TEE-niss" or "mar-TEE-nezz") is a city in and the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 35,866 at the 2000 census. The downtown is notable for its large number of preserved old buildings. Martinez is located on the south side of the Carquinez Strait in the San Francisco Bay Area, directly facing the city of Benicia. Martínez means "son of Martín" in Spanish, and in this sense the name is the Spanish equivalent of the English surname "Martinson." (
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