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Montebello| City in Los Angeles County, southwestern California, 16 km/10 mi east of downtown Los Angeles; population (1990) 59,600. The population of this residential and industrial suburb is largely Hispanic. |
| Oil was discovered in the vicinity of Montebello in 1896, and the city was incorporated in 1920. Its diverse modern manufactures include machinery, plastics, and cosmetics. |
Montebello| Village in Papineau census division, southern Québec; population (1991) 1,000. Montebello stands on the Ottawa River, 62 km/38 mi east-northeast of Ottawa. |
| Louis-Joseph Papineau, head of the francophone Patriotes and leader of Papineau's Rebellion in 1837, made his home here in the 1840s after he was pardoned. His manor house remains intact; another notable building here is the Château Montebello, a renowned resort hotel and conference centre, built in 1930. |
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