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Monterey, California
Monterey (California), city, Monterey County, western California, a port on Monterey Bay; incorporated 1851. Monterey is a popular year-round resort; it also has publishing, research, and electronic-equipment-manufacturing industries. Located here are the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School (1909), the Monterey Institute of International Studies (1955), and a junior college. Among Monterey's historic buildings are the Presidio (1770), the Custom House (1827), and California's first theater (1846). Also of interest are the Stanton Center and the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art. The Spanish explorer Sebasti
