Berkeley
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Summary
Berkeley is a city in the United States[1]. Berkeley ranks in the top 1% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,593 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Alameda County Transportation Commission[3], Association of Bay Area Governments[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Alameda County[5]
- Country: United States[6]
- Head of government: Adena Ishii[7]
- Instance of: college town[8], sanctuary city[9], big city[10], charter city[11]
- Shares border with: Albany[12], Piedmont[13]
- Named after: George Berkeley[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Jena[15], Asmara[16], Blackfeet Indian Reservation[17], Gao[18], Ulan-Ude[19], Dmitrov[20], Sakai[21], Guiyang[22]
- Postal code: 94701[23], 94702[24], 94703[25], 94704[26], 94705[27], 94707[28], 94708[29], 94709[30], 94710[31], 94712[32], 94720[33]
- Commons category: Berkeley, California[34]
- Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[35], UTC−08:00[36], UTC−07:00[37]
- Local dialing code: 510[38]
- Inception: 1866[39]
- Official website: https://berkeleyca.gov/[40], http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/[41]
- Topic's main category: Category:Berkeley, California[42]
- Commons gallery: Berkeley[43]
- Population: 122,324[44], 112,580[45], 124,321[46]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Berkeley, California[47]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[48], The New Student's Reference Work[49], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[50]
- Official name: Berkeley[51]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Berkeley, California[52]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Berkeley, California[53]
- Number of households: 45,884[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Berkeley include berkelium[55], a chemical element[56]; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory[57], a laboratory[58], in United States[59], founded in 1931[60]; and Berkeley Daily Gazette[61], a daily newspaper[62], in United States[63], founded in 1899[64].
Why It Matters
Berkeley has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Berkeley is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for Berkeley include berkelium[55], a chemical element[56]; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory[57], a laboratory[58], in United States[59], founded in 1931[60]; and Berkeley Daily Gazette[61], a daily newspaper[62], in United States[63], founded in 1899[64].