San cityuis Obispo (Spanish for St. Louis, the BishL in California, located roughly midway between Los
op) is a
Angeles and San Francisco on the Central Coast. Founded in
1772 by Spanish Fr. Junípero Serra, San Luis Obispo is one of
California’s oldest communities. The city, referred to locally as
San Luis or SLO, is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County
and is adjacent to California Polytechnic State University. The
population was 45,119 at the 2010 census.
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