Walnut Creek is a suburban community located several miles east of the
city of Oakland in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
It lies in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.
While not as large as neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business
and entertainment hub for the neighboring cities within central Contra Costa County,
due in part to its location at the junction of the highways from Sacramento and San Jose (I-680)
and San Francisco/Oakland (SR-24).
As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 64,296.
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