Berkeley, California
| Berkeley, California | ||
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| Charter city | ||
| City of Berkeley | ||
Downtown Berkeley viewed from the Berkeley Hills, with San Francisco in the background
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 Left: Alameda County (highlighted) within California. Right: the City of Berkeley (highlighted) within Alameda County. |
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| Coordinates: 37°52′18″N 122°16′22″W / 37.87167°N 122.27278°WCoordinates: 37°52′18″N 122°16′22″W / 37.87167°N 122.27278°W | ||
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 United States |
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| State |
 California
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| County |
 Alameda
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| Incorporated | April 4, 1878 | |
| Chartered | March 5, 1895 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Council-Manager | |
| • Mayor | Jesse Arreguín | |
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| • 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 | ||
| • 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 |
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Berkeley (/ˈbɜːrkliː/ 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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