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Moreno Valley, California | |
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The giant "M" on Box Springs Mountain for "Moreno Valley" Moreno Valley City Hall Sunnymead Ranch Lake Aerial view of Moreno Valley | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: "MoVal"[1] | |
| Motto: "Where Dreams Soar" | |
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| Coordinates: 33°56′35″N 117°13′42″W / 33.94306°N 117.22833°W[2] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Riverside |
| Incorporated | December 3, 1984[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Ulises Cabrera |
| • Mayor Pro Tem | Ed A. Delgado |
| • City council[4] | David Marquez Cheylynda Barnard Elena Baca-Santa Cruz |
| • City Manager | Mike Lee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51.51 sq mi (133.41 km2) |
| • Land | 51.30 sq mi (132.86 km2) |
| • Water | 0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2) 0.39% |
| Elevation | 1,631 ft (497 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 208,634 |
| • Rank | 2nd in Riverside County 21st in California 109th in the United States |
| • Density | 4,153.36/sq mi (1,603.62/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes[8] | 92551–92557 |
| Area codes | 909, 951 |
| FIPS code | 06-49270 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1668251, 2411159 |
| Website | www |
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Moreno Valley is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and is part of the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in Riverside County by population and one of the Inland Empire's population centers. The city's population was 208,634 at the 2020 census.[7] Moreno Valley is also part of the greater Los Angeles area.
The city derived its name from the small community of Moreno, which became part of the city of Moreno Valley when the city was incorporated in 1984. Frank E. Brown, one of the founders of the community of Moreno in 1882, declined to have the town named after him, but to honor him, the town was named Moreno, Spanish for brown.[10]
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