Manufacturing in California

California is a big an diverse state within the industrial businesses. The manufacturing in California is broad and most likely is based on information technologies.

In California the industries are dedicated to manufacture electrical and electronic systems that help to the technological development. The biggest electronic industrial business focus on the manufacturing of radios, television, telephones among many others.

The area of Silicon Valley is where most of the electronic and computer business and companies are located. One of the most greatest examples is google headquarters.

The transportation industry takes a huge place on California's manufacturing. There are many aeronautic companies and plants which manufacture parts of air planes as well as space shuttles. Also, among the transportation there are automobile companies that have their assembly lines in California.

Megalopolis and Their Relationship with California

As we could explore, the megalopolis area is located at the cities of North east cost of the United States, so California is not part of what is called megalopolis. On the other hand, California has many cities that have the same characteristics as the Megalopolis. One of these cities are: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and some others.

In Los Angeles there are numerous of houses and building that make the city a urbanized and populated area. The population of Los Angeles is approximately 3,833,995, so Los Angeles is the second most populated city in the United States. Downtown Los Angeles is the only place of LA that have huge buildings (more then 3 stories) because as we all know California is a high risk zone for earthquakes. Los Angeles does not have anything to envy to New York. In Los Angeles there are many different cultures and wonderful places that make the city as unique as New York.

San Francisco is also another populated area. In San Francisco there are a lot of urbanized and great places. It is located in Northern California by the bay, so even though is not a port there is a lot of fishing going on in the area. The buildings are conglomerated together as the ones in NY, but this pattern is most likely to be at the Downtown area once again because of the earthquakes in California. The population of San Francisco is approximately 808,976, so it its a very populated city as well.

In California, as I mention above, there are many city that although there are not part of the megalopolis cities, they are megalopolis themselves. Here in California the cities are urbanized, populated, trendy and also why not some of the same problems as any megalopolis city.

California's Population Today

By 2008 the California's total population was estimated around 36,756,666 comparing the United states which was 304,059,724. California is one of the most populous states in the United States.
California is populated by many types of people from all over the world.
There are many types of ethnic groups who established themselves in California especially in certain parts of the cities throughout the state. For example in Los Angeles there are many little towns where it is possible to found people from a specific country like Chinatown or koreatown. Also example of San Francisco where there is a famous Chinatown and also a little Italy town.
California has big counties where big and urbanized cities are located. In California there are many develop cities that play an important role on the places where people prefer to live. However, in California, now days the less urbanized cities and towns are starting to get more occupied as the big cities get crowded and crowded. Now days people are willing to commute more to go to work because they want to get a better, quite and spacious living area.

Foundations of Human Activity

The first people who came to California were Asian. They traveled through the Bering Strait more than 10,000 years ago. However they did not only traveled to California but they established themselves throughout North America.
Some of the main tribes who were established in California were the Hupa, the Maidu, the Modic, and the Mohavie.
At the time of the Spanish colonization, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered what is now the San Diego bay area (1572), then the Spanish people were coming to California expanding throughout the state.
The Spanish people started founding missions among the state, so they could introduce Christianity to the native americans, also the Spanish introduce the military, and some spiritual and commercial ways of living, along with some farming skills.
After the independence from Spain, California became a Mexican territory (1822). California was govern by Mexican rules, but 1841 many American immigrant started to come to California. In 1847, after the war between Mexico and the United States, California was declared officially a United States territory as part of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

California's Geology and Natural Resources

California is surrounded by a great mountain range and diverse rich minerals.
The soils in California are great to produce any kind of product because here in California, we have great climates and variety of type of soils.
California is located at the pacific mountains and valleys.
The climate in California is normally dry, but it can vary depending of the zone. In southern California (San Diego) the weather could be sunny and mild all year round with some variation between seasons. On the other hand, in northern California (San Francisco) the weather is cold and mild throughout the year, with some foggy summers and wet winters, this effect due to the cold pacific ocean currents.
California is a non fuel mineral state, however it posses other types of precious rocks like the serpentine (California state rock), gold (California state mineral), Benoite (California state gem), among others.