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Los Altos, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 27693
Housing Units (2000): 10727
Land area (2000): 6.350654 sq. miles (16.448118 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.350654 sq. miles (16.448118 sq. km)
FIPS code: 43280
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 37.368190 N, 122.097511 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 94022 94024
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Los Altos

Los Altos ( Spanish, "the heights", "the highlands") is the name of several places, including:

  • the former state of Los Altos, Central America, now divided between Guatemala and Mexico.
  • the city of Los Altos, California, in the United States.
  • the town of Los Altos Hills, California, United States (has been mistaken for neighboring Los Altos)
  • the town of Los Altos, Tamaulipas, in Mexico.
  • the town of Los Altos, Veracruz, in Mexico.
  • Los Altos, Province of Burgos in Castile and León, Spain.
  • The Los Altos (Jalisco) region in the northeastern part of the Mexican state of Jalisco
  • Los Altos de Chiapas, highland region of southern Mexico
  • Los Altos, a neighborhood in west Dallas, Texas, United States

Los Altos is the name of a few high schools in the United States:

  • Los Altos High School (Hacienda Heights, California)
  • Los Altos High School (Los Altos, California)

Los Altos is the name of a U.S. School District:

  • Los Altos School District
Los Altos (Central America)
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Los Altos (Jalisco)

Los Altos (Spanish for "The Highlands") is a geographic region in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is part of the macroregion of Bajío,

Los Altos is one of the two main tequila producing regions in the state of Jalisco, the other being the municipality of Tequila, Jalisco. The main tequila producing center in the region is Arandas.

The Los Altos region is known as the most European influenced region in all of Mexico. It is estimated that the majority of the population here is of 80 to 90% European descent. Consisting mainly of Spanish, Italian, French, German, Irish and Basque heritage.

Since 1996, Los Altos has been organized administratively by the state of Jalisco into two regions, Altos Norte (North Altos) and Altos Sur (South Altos).

Altos Norte has eight municipalities: Villa Hidalgo, Unión de San Antonio, Teocaltiche, San Juan de los Lagos, San Diego de Alejandría, Ojuelos de Jalisco, Lagos de Moreno and Encarnación de Díaz.

Altos Sur consists of twelve municipalities: Yahualica de González Gallo, Valle de Guadalupe, Tepatitlán de Morelos, San Miguel el Alto, San Julián, San Ignacio Cerro Gordo, Mexticacán, Jesús María, Jalostotitlán, Cañadas de Obregón, Arandas, Atotonilco el Alto, and Acatic.

Usage examples of "los altos".

A map of the Bay Area filled one side, from Richmond in the north to Santa Clara and the Los Altos Hills in the south, from the Pacific over to I680, encompassing more than eleven hundred square kilometers.

And it heard the assault code when we were about to nail him in Los Altos and sent the message to Phate to warn him.

That guy Susan met from General Magic had a party up at his place in the Los Altos Hills.

The descending sun washed the Los Altos hills with misty hues of yellow and orange.

It had been the primary reason he'd taken the gamble twelve years ago and bought the house in Los Altos.

Avi says, pivoting to face in the general direction of downtown Los Altos.

If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda.

Next stop: a pilgrimage to Apple headquarters in Cupertino, then into the Silicon Valley: Los Altos, Sunnyvale, Palo Altotwelve lanes of traffic zooming past eucalyptus trees on fire.