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Lancaster

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Lancaster

City in Los Angeles County, southwest California, 72km/45mi northeast of Los Angeles in the Antelope Valley, at the western edge of the Mojave Desert; population (1994 est) 119,000. It is a commercial centre for an irrigated agricultural area producing alfalfa, cotton, citrus fruits and nuts. Employment is also provided by Edwards Air Force Base and several aerospace research and manufacturing companies. The city is home to Antelope Valley College (1929).

Lancaster was first laid out as a town in 1884, taking its name from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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