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Chico is a city in Butte County, California, United States. As of the most recent annexations, the city has a total population of 79,091. Chico is the 19th largest Metropolitan Statistical area in California and the 194th largest in the United States with a metro population of 212,968. Chico is home to California State University, Chico. Other major cities in the Chico Metropolitan Area include Paradise and Oroville.

Located in urban Chico, the Mechoopda Maidu Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria is at latitude and longitude 394355N, 1215110W.

Chico was founded in 1860 by General John Bidwell, and became incorporated in 1872.

Chico was the northern terminus of the Sacramento Northern Railroad, an electrified railway which extended south to Sacramento and Oakland in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Chico is located at 394424N, 121508W (39.739983, -121.835460)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 71.9 km (27.8 mi). 71.8 km (27.7 mi) of it is land and 0.04% is water.