San Juan Capistrano, California
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Location of San Juan Capistrano within Orange County, California
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San Juan Capistrano is a city in
southern Orange County, California, USA, located approximately 23
miles southeast of Downtown Santa Ana. The population was 34,621 in
2007. The city was created around Mission San Juan Capistrano, and
many of the homes and strip malls resemble the Spanish architecture
that compose the building.
It is home to the widest variety of
homes in Orange County, with 10 million dollar homes in the gated
communities of the hills, homes built prior to 1900 in its central
district — some being adobes from the 18th century — and working
ranches in its foothills. San Juan Capistrano is probably best known
for the annual migration of the Cliff Swallows, who reputedly migrate
each year between Argentina and the Mission San Juan Capistrano.
San Juan Capistrano has two spectacular
golf course communities, the Marbella Golf & Country Club and the
San Juan Hills Country Club.