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| | Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Southern California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that is the southern one-quater of the state of California. |
 | | Southern California is the entertainment (motion picture, television and recorded music) capitol of the world, and is home to Hollywood which is the motion picture industry epicenter. |
 | | Southern California is also divided into the Coastal Region (Orange County, Los Angeles County, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, and Ventura County) and the larger, more sparsly populated, desert Inland Empire (San Bernardino County, Riverside County, and Imperial County). |
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