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Santa Ana is the most thickly settled city in Orange County, California and is the county seat. It lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) inland from the Pacific Ocean, on the largely seasonal Santa Ana River. The Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) runs through the city, and the Costa Mesa Freeway (55 Freeway) and Garden Grove Freeway (22 Freeway) travel along its borders. It is today best-known for its enormous Hispanic populus, now comprising over 75% of what was once a virtually all-white city. The current OMB metropolitan designation for Santa Ana and the Orange County Area is "Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA." Despite its large Hispanic populus and all-Hispanic city council, the city has never become a sanctuary city.

In 1810, year of the commencement of the war of Mexican Independence (1810-1821), Jose Antonio Yorba was granted land known as Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. Yorba`s rancho included the lands where the cities of Olive, Orange, Irvine, Villa Park, Santa Ana, Tustin, Costa Mesa and unincorporated El Modena, and Santa Ana Heights, stand today. This ranch was the only land grant in Orange County granted under Spanish Rule. Surrounding land grants in Orange County were granted after Mexican Independence by the new government.

After the Mexican-US war ended in 1848, Alta California became part of the US and US settlers arrived in this area.

One of Santa Ana`s most notable businesses is the Rickenbacker musical instrument company, whose electric guitars and bass guitars earned fame in the hands of many rock and roll legends. Santa Ana is also the home of the First US Corporation and Ingram Micro, and the original Glenn L. Martin aviation company, which later merged with the Lockheed Corporation to form the largest aircraft and weapons manufacturing corporation on the planet, Lockheed Martin.

Santa Ana is located at 33°44`27?N, 117°52`53?W (33.740717, -117.881408).

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Santa Ana several times on weekdays with less frequent service on weekends. It operates its Pacific Surfliner between San Diego, California to the south and either Los Angeles, California or Paso Robles, California to the N (see Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center). Greyhound USA is the largest bus transportation service in Santa Ana. Greyhound serves the continental US and Canada. The bus lines Crucero, Intercalifornias, and others serve all points into Mexico.