The community is in ZIP Code 92059, and inside area code 760. In the National Geographic Names Database, it is officially catalogued as feature number 1661174. The community is north of Escondido in the San Diego-Carlsbad metro area. For centuries a traditional gathering place of native peoples, it was selected in the early 19th century by Spanish Franciscan missionaries as the site of a mission to indoctrinate the Native Americans.
Pala is a small, mostly Native American, community and CDP located in the Pala Indian Reservation, located within San Diego County, California.
