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Antioch

Town in Contra Costa County, north-central California, USA; population (1990) 62,200. It is situated on the San Joaquin River, south of where it joins the Sacramento River, and 43 km/27 mi northeast of Oakland. Founded in 1849 by New Englanders, it has chemical, paper, glass, and other industries, power plants, and facilities for packing and shipping agricultural products of the fertile San Joaquin-Sacramento delta region. Its population increased by over 120% in the period 1970-90.



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Matthew's church was most likely located in or around the city of Antioch on the Orontes.
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