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Berkeley, Ca

Berkeley, California
Charter city
City of Berkeley
Downtown Berkeley viewed from the Berkeley Hills, with San Francisco in the background
Downtown Berkeley viewed from the Berkeley Hills, with San Francisco in the background
Official seal of Berkeley, California
Seal
Left: Alameda County (highlighted) within California.Right: the City of Berkeley (highlighted) within Alameda County.
Left: Alameda County (highlighted) within California.
Right: the City of Berkeley (highlighted) within Alameda County.
Coordinates: 37°52′18″N 122°16′22″W / 37.87167°N 122.27278°W / 37.87167; -122.27278Coordinates: 37°52′18″N 122°16′22″W / 37.87167°N 122.27278°W / 37.87167; -122.27278
Country  United States
State  California
County Alameda
Incorporated April 4, 1878 
Chartered March 5, 1895 
Government
 • Type Council-Manager
 • Mayor Jesse Arreguín
 • Council members
 by district number
  1. Linda Maio
  2. Cheryl Davila
  3. Ben Bartlett
  4. [Vacant]
  5. Sophie Hahn
  6. Susan Wengraf
  7. Kriss Worthington
  8. Lori Droste
 • State senator Nancy Skinner (D)
 • Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D)
 • U.S. rep. Barbara Lee (D)
Area
 • Total 17.696 sq mi (45.833 km2)
 • Land 10.470 sq mi (27.118 km2)
 • Water 7.226 sq mi (18.716 km2)  40.83%
Elevation 171 ft (52 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 112,580
 • Estimate (2015) 120,971
 • Rank
  • 4th in Alameda County
  • 51st in California
 • Density 11,554/sq mi (4,461/km2)
Demonym(s) Berkeleyan
Time zone Pacific (UTC−8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes 94701–94710, 94712, 94720
Area code 510
FIPS code 06-06000
GNIS feature IDs 1658037, 2409837
Website www.cityofberkeley.info

Berkeley (/ˈbɜːrkl/ BURK-lee) is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California. 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 2010 census recorded a population of 112,580.

Berkeley is home to the oldest campus in the University of California system, the University of California, Berkeley, and to 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. It is one of the most politically liberal cities in the United States.


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