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Petaluma is a city with a well preserved
historic city center [1] in Sonoma County, California
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, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 54,548. Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park contains the Petaluma Adobe, a National Historic Landmark. It was built beginning in 1836 by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, then Commandant
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of the San Francisco Presidio. It was the center of a vast 66,000 acre (270 km²) ranch stretching from Petaluma Creek to Sonoma Creek. The adobe is considered one of the best preserved buildings of its era
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in Northern California. Petaluma is a transliteration of the Coastal Miwok phrase péta lúuma which means hill backside [2] and probably refers to Petaluma's proximity to Sonoma Mountain.
Petaluma is located at 38°14′45″N, 122°37′53″W (38.245849, -122.631276)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 36.0 km² (13.9 mi²). 35.7 km² (13.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of which the total water area is 0.72%.
Petaluma, which enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate, is situated at the northernmost navigable end of the Petaluma River, a tidal estuary that snakes southward to San Pablo Bay. The Petaluma River has significant levels of water contamination. A considerable amount of the city is in the flood plain of the Petaluma River, which overflows its banks every few years, particularly in the Payran neighborhood [1]. Principal environmental noise sources are U.S. Route 101, Petaluma Boulevard, Washington Street and other major arteries. The number of residents that live in a zone of noise exposure greater than 60 CNEL is approximately 4000.