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Imperial Beach sits on the traditional territory of the Kumeyaay people. Founded in June 1887, the city takes its name from Imperial County, California, a desert climate 100 miles (160 km) east. Farmers and land owners from the Imperial Valley came to the area in the late 1880s seeking cooler weather during summer months. In March 1887, over 2,000 laborers descended upon nearby Coronado, California to construct the Hotel del Coronado, the largest resort in the world at the time. A large number of the workers stayed in Imperial Beach and some would later make it their permanent homestead.