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Lompoc

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lompoc , city (1990 pop. 37,649), Santa Barbara co., S Calif., in an oil and agricultural area; inc. 1888. It has a huge flower-seed industry and two large diatomaceous earth mines. Petroleum and food are processed in the city, and there is light manufacturing. Nearby is La Purisima Mission (1791), a state historic monument. Vandenberg Air Force Base is to the west. Author not available, LOMPOC. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Lompoc
Lompoc, California/USA Founded in 1874 as a farming community with a Chumash name meaning ‘Shell Mound’. Read more
Vandenberg Air Force Base
U.S. military installation, 3,456 acres (1,399 hectares), SW Calif., near Lompoc; chief Pacific coast launch site for military satellites. Commercial satellites are launched from the base as well, and it is also a site for test-firing intercontinental ballistic missiles. Read more

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