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is a resort city in Riverside County, California, USA, specifically in the Coachella Valley between Indian Wells and Indio. The population was 23,694 at the 2000 census. The
credits La Quinta as the nation's leading golf destination. Among those destinations is the La Quinta Resort and Club, a resort dating to 1926 and famous as the spot in which director Frank Capra penned the screenplay of
. The Tom Fazio-designed golf course at The Quarry at La Quinta is ranked among the top 100 golf courses in the United States. In January 2008, the Arnold Palmer Classic Course at the city's new SilverRock Golf Resort, became one of the four host golf courses for the annual Bob Hope Chrysler Classic PGA golf tournament.
La Quinta is located at (33.675373, -116.297391). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 32.2 square miles (83.4 km²), of which, 31.8 square miles (82.2 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it (1.37%) is water. The city's elevation is 56 feet (20 m) above sea level.