Berkeley | |
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 Looking west over the city from the Berkeley Hills, with San Francisco in the background | |
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 Location of Berkeley in Alameda County, California | |
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| Coordinates: 37°52′18″N 122°16′22″W / 37.87167°N 122.27278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Alameda |
| Incorporated | April 4, 1878[1] |
| Chartered | March 5, 1895[2] |
| Named for | George Berkeley |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager[2] |
| • Mayor | Jesse Arreguín[3] |
| • Council members by district number[3] |
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| • State senator | Nancy Skinner (D)[6] |
| • Assembly member | Buffy Wicks (D)[7] |
| • U.S. rep. | Barbara Lee (D)[8] |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.66 sq mi (45.73 km2) |
| • Land | 10.43 sq mi (27.02 km2) |
| • Water | 7.22 sq mi (18.71 km2) 40.83% |
| Elevation | 171 ft (52 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 124,321 |
| • Rank | |
| • Density | 11,917.27/sq mi (4,601.36/km2) |
| Demonym | Berkeleyan |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes[11] | 94701–94710, 94712, 94720 |
| Area code | 510, 341 |
| FIPS code | 06-06000 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1658037, 2409837 |
| Website | berkeleyca |
Berkeley (/ˈbɜːrkli/ BURK-lee) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emeryville to the south and the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington to the north. Its eastern border with Contra Costa County generally follows the ridge of the Berkeley Hills. The 2020 census recorded a population of 124,321.
Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed and operated by the university. It also has the Graduate Theological Union, one of the largest religious studies institutions in the world. Berkeley is considered one of the most socially progressive cities in the United States.
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- ^ a b "Structure of Berkeley Government". City Clerk. City of Berkeley. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
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- ^ "Igor Tregub declares victory in Berkeley District 4 City Council race". Berkeleyside. June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
- ^ "Cecilia Lunaparra sworn in as Berkeley's first Latina City Council member". Berkeleyside. April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ "Senators". State of California. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ^ "Members Assembly". State of California. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ^ "California's 12th Congressional District - Representatives & District Map". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ "Berkeley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 24, 2014.