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{{Infobox City 
|official_name = City of Huntington Beach, California
|nickname=Surf City
|image_flag =
|image_seal = Huntington Beach city seal.jpg
|image_map = MapHuntingtonBeach.gif
|map_caption = Location of Huntington Beach within Orange County, California.
|subdivision_type  = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Political divisions of the United States|State]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in California|County]]
|subdivision_name  = [[Directory:United States|United States]] {{flagicon|US}} 
|subdivision_name1 = [[Directory:California|California]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Directory:Orange County|Orange County]]
|leader_title = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name = [[Dave Sullivan, Huntington Beach|Dave Sullivan]]
|area_magnitude = 1 E7
|area_total = 31.6 sq. miles / 81.7
|area_land = 26.4 sq. miles / 68.3
|area_water = 5.2 sq. miles / 13.4
|population_as_of = 2000
|population_note =
|population_total = [[Population:=189594|189,594]] ([[United States Census, 2000|US Census]])
|population_density = 2,773.9
|timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time|PST]]
|utc_offset = -8
|timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]]
|utc_offset_DST = -7
|latitude = 33.676176° N
|longitude = 118.001039° W
|website = http://www.ci.huntington-beach.ca.us
|footnotes = 
}}

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'''[[City:={{PAGENAME}}]]''' is a seaside city located in [[Region Located In::Directory:Orange County|Orange County]] in southern [[State Located In::Directory:California|California]], [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]]. As of the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]], the city population was 189,594. It is bordered by the [[Pacific Ocean]] on the west, by [[Directory:Seal Beach, California|Seal Beach]] on the north, by [[Directory:Costa Mesa, California|Costa Mesa]] on the south, by [[Directory:Westminster, California|Westminster]] on the northeast, and by [[Directory:Fountain Valley, California|Fountain Valley]] on the east. 

It is known for its long 14 km (8.5 miles) beach, mild climate, and excellent [[surfing]]. The waves are a unique natural effect caused by edge-diffraction of ocean swells by the island of [[Santa Catalina Island]], and waves from distant [[hurricane]]s. Because of the curve of the coastline at Huntington Beach, the local beach actually faces southwest. In summer, the southwest-facing beach often has very strong surf from hurricanes off the Mexican coast.