Monterey, California

The City of Monterey is located about 50 miles (80 km) south of the Cupertino headquarters of Apple Inc. in California.

Statistics
The City of Monterey has a population of 30,218 as of 2020. Located on the coast of, the city occupies a land area of 8.466 sqmi and the city hall is at 26 ft above sea level.

History
Founded on June 3, 1770, Monterey functioned as the capital of under  (1804 to 1821) and Mexico (1822 to 1846). During this period, the city hosted California's first theater, public building, public library, publicly-funded school, printing-press, and newspaper. It was originally the only port of entry for all taxable goods in California. In 1846, during the of 1846–1848, the  was raised over the. After Mexico at the end of the war, Monterey hosted California's first constitutional convention in 1849. The current municipal government was incorporated on June 14, 1890.

Apple in Monterey
In August 1983, the Apple Independent Software Developers Conference was hosted by Apple Computer in Monterey, after the company had been banned earlier in the year from the historic La Playa Hotel, nearby in Carmel. The sole Apple retail store in Monterey is the Apple Del Monte, which was opened at the on August 9, 2008.