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Paso Robles (/ˌpæsə ˈroʊbʊlz/ PASS-oh ROH-buulz), officially El Paso de Robles (Spanish for "The Pass of Oaks"), is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Located on the Salinas River approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of San Luis Obispo, the city is known for its hot springs, its abundance of wineries, its production of olive oil, almond orchards, and for playing host to the California Mid-State Fair.
The city's full name is "El Paso de Robles", which in Spanish means "The Pass of the Oaks".
People differ on the pronunciation of the city's shortened name of "Paso Robles". While its Spanish pronunciation is PASS-oh ROH-blays, residents anglicize the pronunciation as PASS-oh ROH-buulz. This anglicized version has been used in the city phone message.[10]
This area of the Central Coast, known as the City of El Paso De Robles, Paso Robles, or simply "Paso",[11] is known for its thermal springs.[11] Native Americans known as the Salinan lived in the area thousands of years before the mission era.[12] They knew this area as the “Springs” or the “Hot Springs.”[13] A tribal site on present-day Paso Robles was named elewexe, Obispeño for "Swordfish".[14]