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Martinez

City and seat of Contra Costa County, north-central California; population (1990) 31,800. Martinez lies on the southwestern shore of Suisun Bay, across the Carquinez Strait from Benicia, and 29 km/18 mi north-northeast of Oakland.

Martinez has long been established as an industrial centre, with copper-smelting, winemaking, oil-refining, shipbuilding, fishing, and canning concerns all located here. The naturalist John Muir lived here from 1882 onwards, and his house is now part of a National Historic Site. The city has traditionally had a predominantly Italian community, and was the birthplace of the renowned baseball player Joe DiMaggio, in 1914.

Martinez

Community in Columbia and Richmond counties, eastern Georgia; population (1990) 33,700. Martinez is situated 11 km/7 mi northwest of the city of Augusta, of which it is a residential suburb.



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