Sand City

Sand City is a city in Monterey County, California, United States, located on the shores of Monterey Bay, and surrounded on most sides by the larger city of Seaside. Sand City is located 2 miles northeast of Monterey, at an elevation of 72 feet . The population was 334 at the 2010 census, up from 261 at the 2000 census. The city is predominantly a business community, and has a number of larger retail stores. The West End area of Sand City, once an industrial area, hosts a growing artists' colony. Every August, the artists of Sand City and neighboring areas hold a street fair called the "West End Celebration".
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.9 square miles , of which, 0.6 square miles of it is land and 2.4 square miles of it is water.

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