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| | Lafayette, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Most of what is currently Lafayette was given as a land grant, Rancho Acalanes (the name seems to have come from the name of a native village in the area, Ahala-n), to Candelario Valencia in 1834, by the Mexican government, which then controlled the region. |
 | | During the mid-1900s, Lafayette was transformed from an agricultural village into a commuter town, and was incorporated in 1968. |
 | | Lafayette is separated from greater Berkeley and Oakland by the Berkeley Hills (and the Caldecott Tunnel running beneath), a geographical boundary within the East Bay which also represents interesting meteorological, cultural, and political distinctions. |
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