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Palm Springs is a city in southern California, in the Coachella Valley in Riverside County. A verdant oasis in the desert, Palm Springs is a fashionable residential community and winter resort, noted for its fine golf courses. In the city are parts of Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, a junior college, and a botanical garden. Nearby are Mount San Jacinto (3301 m/10,831 ft), ascended to a point near the summit by an aerial tramway, and Joshua Tree National Park. Originally called Agua Caliente (Spanish for "warm water"), the site was selected in 1863 as a stop on the stagecoach line between New Mexico Territory and Los Angeles. It was developed as a residential community in the 1880s. Palm Springs was incorporated as a city in 1938.
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