Birmingham, Alabama
| Birmingham, Alabama | |||
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| City of Birmingham | |||
From top left: Downtown from Red Mountain; Torii in the Birmingham Botanical Gardens; Alabama Theatre; Birmingham Museum of Art; City Hall; Downtown Financial Center.
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| Nickname(s): "The Magic City", "Pittsburgh of the South" | |||
 Location in Jefferson County, Alabama |
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| Coordinates: 33°39′12″N 86°48′32″W / 33.65333°N 86.80889°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| State | Alabama | ||
| Counties | Jefferson, Shelby | ||
| Incorporated | December 19, 1871 | ||
| Named for | Birmingham, United Kingdom | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Mayor – Council | ||
| • Mayor | William A. Bell (D) | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 148.61 sq mi (384.9 km2) | ||
| • Land | 146.07 sq mi (378.3 km2) | ||
| • Water | 2.54 sq mi (6.6 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 644 ft (196 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • City | 212,237 | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 212,461 | ||
| • Rank | US: 102nd | ||
| • Density | 1,415.85/sq mi (546.66/km2) | ||
| • Urban | 749,495 (US: 55th) | ||
| • Metro | 1,145,647 (US: 49th) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Birminghamian | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| ZIP codes | 35201 to 35298 | ||
| Area code(s) | 205 | ||
| Interstates | I-20, I-22, I-59 I-65, and I-459 | ||
| Airports | Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport | ||
| FIPS code | 01-07000 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 015817 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Birmingham (/ˈbɜːrmɪŋhæm/ BUR-ming-ham) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County. The city's population was 212,237 in the 2010 United States Census. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of about 1,128,047 according to the 2010 Census, which is approximately one quarter of Alabama's population.
Birmingham was founded in 1871, during the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, through the merger of three pre-existing farm towns, notably, former Elyton. It grew from there, annexing many more of its smaller neighbors, into an industrial and railroad transportation center with a focus on mining, the iron and steel industry, and railroading. Birmingham was named for Birmingham, England, one of the UK's major industrial cities. Most of the original settlers who founded Birmingham were of English ancestry. In one writer's view, the city was planned as a place where cheap, non-unionized, and African-American labor from rural Alabama could be employed in the city's steel mills and blast furnaces, giving it a competitive advantage over industrial cities in the Midwest and Northeast.
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