where is the san joaquin valley located on a map
San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley (/ˌsæn hwɑːˈkiːn/ SAN whah-KEEN) is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River. It comprises seven Northern California counties—all of Kings County; a majority of Fresno, Merced, Stanislaus counties; segments of Madera and Tulare counties—and a majority of Kern County, in Southern California.[1] Although a majority of the valley is rural, it does contain cities such as Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton, Modesto, Turlock, Porterville, Visalia, Merced, and Hanford.
Area code 559 It covers the central San Joaquin Valley in central California, serving the counties of Fresno, Madera, Kings, and Tulareâ€”an area largely coextensive with the Fresno and Visalia-Porterville metropolitan areas.