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) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains at the southern extreme of the San Joaquin Valley. Keene is located northwest of Tehachapi, at an elevation of 2602 feet (793 m). The population was 339 at the 2000 census.
The headquarters of a national farmworkers organization organized and led by Cesar Chavez is located in Keene, and is sometimes referred to as "
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25.2 km²), all of it land.