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Temecula is a city in Riverside County, in the Riverside-San Bernardino metro area.

One tradition says the community was named after an Indian village; another says it derives from the Luiseño Indian term for "where the sun breaks through the mist"

The latitude of Temecula is 33.493N. The longitude is -117.147W. It is in the Pacific Standard time zone. Elevation is 1,017 feet.

The estimated population, in 2003, was 76,836.