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Chico is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 86,187 at the 2010 census, up from 59,954 at the time of the 2000 census.
Tubing in the Sacramento River Chico is in the Central Valley, where the climate is Mediterranean in nature. This means that Chico is subject to hot summers and wet, cold winters. During the summer. the sun warms the higher latitudes more thoroughly, allowing the Hawaiian High in the Pacific to stay well north.