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Valyermo, California
Unincorporated community
Post Office in Valyermo
Location within Los Angeles County
Valyermo, California Location in the United States
Coordinates: 34°26′46″N 117°51′08″W / 34.44611°N 117.85222°W / 34.44611; -117.85222
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	93563
Area code	661

Valyermo (Spanish: "Barren Valley")^[1] is an unincorporated community located in the Mojave Desert, in Los Angeles County, California. The community has a population of about 450^{[citation needed]}.

Geography

Valyermo is located about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Palmdale in the Antelope Valley portion of Southern California. The ZIP code for Valyermo is 93563 and the area code 661.

Climate

Valyermo's location on the edge of the San Bernadino mountains near the desert gives it a cold semi arid climate instead of a cold desert climate with roughly 10 inches of precipitation a year.

About Valyermo

"Valyermo" is a contraction of the Spanish words "valle yermo", or "barren valley".

St. Andrew's Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery (Benedictine) located in the foothills of the Antelope Valley in Valyermo.

Dan Empfield, one of the instrumental figures in the development of the sport of triathlon, resides in Valyermo.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Saint Andrew's Abbey

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