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Brea, California

Orange County · Population 47,325 · Card no. 10042

A north Orange County city whose name is Spanish for tar, after the oil seeps that made it.

Oil derricks covered the hills into the 1950s.
The city has an unusually large public art collection, required of new development since 1975.
Brea Mall is a regional center.

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