• Total 65.92 sq mi (170.74 km2)

 • Land   65.58 sq mi (169.86 km2)

 • Water 0.34 sq mi (0.89 km2)  0.52%

   Elevation[2]     56 ft (17 m)

 • Rank   3rd in Orange County, 16th in California, 75th in the United States

 City symbols of Irvine:  Flower   Lily of the Nile,  Tree    Camphor

Insect  Western Swallowtail Butterfly, Vegetable        Asparagus

Irvine is a master-planned city in Orange County, California, United States. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the 1960s and the city was formally incorporated on December 28, 1971. The 66-square-mile (170 km2) city had a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census; in 2016 the citys population was 258,386.

A number of corporations, particularly in the technology and semiconductor sectors, have their national or international headquarters in Irvine. Irvine is also home to several higher education institutions including the University of California, Irvine (UCI), Concordia University, Irvine Valley College, the Orange County Center of the University of Southern California (USC), and campuses of California State University Fullerton (CSUF), University of La Verne, and Pepperdine University.

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