| Orange County is a county located in Southern | | | | coastal plains of the Los Angeles Basin. The |
| California, U.S.A. With a current estimated | | | | southern half sits on the foothills of the |
| population of three million, it has the | | | | Santa Ana Mountains. |
| second most people for any county in the | | | | |
| state of California, and has the fifth most | | | | The majority of the population of Orange |
| people for any county in all of the Unites | | | | County reside in one of two shallow coastal |
| States. Known for its wealth and political | | | | valleys that are in the basin. These two |
| conservatism, the county, in actual reality | | | | shallow coastal basins are: the Santa Ana |
| is neither as consistently wealthy or as | | | | Valley and the Saddleback Valley. |
| politically conservative as the stereotypical | | | | |
| image it has gained suggests. Famous for | | | | The cities in Orange County are connected by |
| tourism, Orange County is home to Disneyland | | | | a network of freeways. Residents of Orange |
| as well as miles upon miles of sandy beaches. | | | | County typically call these freeways by their |
| Orange County is located right at the center | | | | route number rather than their formal name. |
| of Southern California's Tech Coast. | | | | One of the most important Orange County |
| | | | roadways is the Santa Ana Freeway, or |
| Despite its massive population, Orange County | | | | Interstate 5, which runs north-south |
| has a total area of 2,455 km² which makes | | | | bisecting the length of the county. It is so |
| it the smallest county in all of Southern | | | | important as it connects with another key |
| California. Four Hundred and Eleven of those | | | | north-south road, the San Diego Freeway. |
| square kilometers are also made up of water. | | | | Orange County is often divided into "North |
| The county is bordered on the north by Los | | | | County" and "South County" by the residents. |
| Angeles County, on the west by the Pacific | | | | This idea is opposed to an East-West ision |
| Ocean, on the east by Riverside County, on | | | | characterized by coastal and inland cities. |
| the northeast by San Bernardino County, and | | | | There is no actual geographical division of |
| on the south by San Diego County. The most | | | | North and South County. |
| northern part of the county sits on the | | | | |