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The park features washes, wildflowers, palm groves, cacti and sweeping vistas.

The Algodones Sand Dunes are the largest mass of sand dunes in California.

The county took its name from Imperial Valley, itself named for the Imperial Land Company, a subsidiary of the California Development Company, which at the turn of the 20th century had reclaimed the southern portion of the Colorado desert for agriculture.

Mainly of Chinese, but also of Filipino, Japanese, Korean and a scant number of Southeast Asian ancestry, often are descendants of railroad workers, ditch diggers and farm laborers in the early 20th century, some arrived through the Mexican border.

72.22% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The water distribution system includes over 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canal and with 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of pipeline.