San Juan Capistrano   

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San Juan Capistrano is a city located in southern Orange County, California, USA, located approximately 23 miles southeast of Downtown Santa Ana. The current metropolitan designation for San Juan Capistrano and the Orange County Area is Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California. The population was 33,826 inhabitants at the 2000 census.
 
The city was created around Mission San Juan Capistrano, and many of the homes and strip malls resemble the Spanish architecture that composes the building. It is home to the widest variety of homes in Orange County, with upper class and gated communities, homes built prior to 1900 in its central district some being adobes from the 18th century, and working ranches in its foothills.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 37.1 square kilometers. As of the census of 2000, there were 33,826 people, 10,930 households, and 8,197 families residing in the city. The population density was 919.1 per square kilometers.