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Oroville is the county seat of Butte County, California. The population was 13,004 at the 2000 census.

Education:

California State University, Chico (in nearby town of Chico), and Butte College

Butte County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, north of state capital Sacramento. Butte County is watered by the Feather River and the Sacramento River. Butte Creek and Big Chico Creek are additional perennial streams, both tributary to the Sacramento. It is the site of Feather Falls, the sixth largest waterfall in the United States. The county is the home of California State University, Chico.

Oroville is located at 39.508651, -121.554560. It is situated at the head of navigation on the Feather River. The Yuba River flows into the Feather River near Marysville, California and these flow together to the Sacramento River. Geologically, Oroville is situated at the meeting place of three provinces: the Central Valley alluvial plain to the west, the crystalline Sierra Nevadas to the SE and the volcanic Cascade Mountains to the north. It has a Mediterranean climate.

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