The City of Monterey is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in central California.
As of 2005, the city population was 30,641. The city is noted for its rich history of resident artists
beginning in the late 1800s and its historically famed fishery.
Monterey is home to the Naval Postgraduate School, the Defense Language Institute, the
Monterey Institute of International Studies, the former Fort Ord, part of which is now the site
of California State University Monterey Bay; Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center,
the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Monterey American Viticultural Area; Cannery Row, Fisherman's Wharf
and a Marine Mammal Center field station located in the area.
The semi-hard cheese known as Monterey Jack originated in Monterey, California.
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