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Wikimedia Commons city photographs

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Citywide facts

Citywide facts

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  • 101,755 · Residents

    City population count or estimate for the stated Census period.

    U.S. Census Bureau · 2025 Census estimate · Source checked 2026-09-14.
  • 1912 · City incorporated

    Year of municipal incorporation.

    City of El Cajon · City history · Source checked 2026-09-14.
  • San Diego · County

    El Cajon is in San Diego County.

    City of El Cajon · City location · Source checked 2026-09-14.
  • Pacific · Local time zone

    Pacific Time; daylight saving changes are reflected in local displays.

    City of El Cajon · Geographic setting · Source checked 2026-09-14.
Homepage photograph and motion

Homepage photograph and motion

El Cajon Mountain in the nearby East County landscape. Photograph by Wasquewhat, via Wikimedia Commons, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized for responsive display with a gentle animated zoom. This is a photograph, not a live camera or filmed activity. The adaptation retains the source license.

Photography

Main Street in El Cajon; source date 2007-06-23 by Allan Ferguson. Original photograph on Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 2.0. Resized and animated for this guide. This is a motion adaptation of a photograph, not live video. The creator does not endorse this guide.

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Business information

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Automatic community data

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El Cajon is inland. Regional outdoor conditions offer ideas for a day outdoors.

Road closures come from the Caltrans Lane Closure System, retrieved every 15 minutes and filtered to El Cajon-area highway approaches. These reports are not live traffic speeds or arrival-time estimates. Caltrans conditions of use. No endorsement by these agencies is implied.

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