 According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of and a population of 14,414.The Tehachapi area is known for the nearby Tehachapi Loop (a popular railfan site), Tehachapi Pass Wind Farm, Main Street Tehachapi, the Tehachapi Depot Museum, the Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park and Tomi-Kahni Resource Center (Native American), and excellent air conditions for gliding.Ten miles to the west at Keene, is the National Chavez Center, established to share the legacy of Cesar Chavez.The Kawaiisu people (also Nuwu ("people" in Kawaiisu), or Nuooah) are the Native American tribe whose homeland was the Tehachapi Valley, and seasonally the southern Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert, for thousands of years.