Berkeley

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Berkeley
Downtown Berkeley, with the skyline of San Francisco in the background
Downtown Berkeley, with the skyline of San Francisco in the background
Seal of Berkeley
seal
Location in California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley
Berkeley
Basic data
Foundation : 1866
State : United States
State : California
County : Alameda County
Coordinates : 37 ° 52 ′  N , 122 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 52 ′  N , 122 ° 16 ′  W
Time zone : Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents : 121,643 (as of 2010)
Population density : 4,488.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 45.9 km 2  (approx. 18 mi 2 ) of
which 27.1 km 2  (approx. 10 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 400 m
Postal code : 94704
Area code : +1 510
FIPS : 06-06000
GNIS ID : 1658037
Website : www.ci.berkeley.ca.us
Mayor : Jesse Arreguin

Berkeley [ ˈbɝːklɪ ] is a US city ​​in Alameda County in Northern California's San Francisco Bay Area . It borders the city of Oakland to the south, the Berkeley Hills to the east and the city of Albany to the north . Berkeley has a population of 121,643 (2018).

history

Back street in Berkeley, 1994
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The area now Berkeley was by the Ohlone - Indians inhabited. Holes were found in rock formations that they had used to grind acorns . Additional artifacts were found during the renovation of a commercial building in the city center in the 1950s . In 1776 the first Europeans arrived with an expedition led by Juan Bautista de Anza . The expedition led to the establishment of the Presidio of San Francisco at the entrance to the San Francisco Bay .

The city is named after the Irish- born philosopher George Berkeley . According to records from the University of California at Berkeley , a group of students from the College of California watched two ships sail through the Golden Gate into the Pacific . One of the students, Frederick Billings, was reminded of the lines from Bishop Berkeley Westward the course of empire takes its way and suggested that the city be named after the famous philosopher to name.

During the 1960s and 1970s, students on the University of California campus organized a national protest movement against American involvement in the Vietnam War (1959–1975), so for many the city became a symbol of dissenting people. At this time Berkeley was also noticed by music enthusiasts all over the world, because the band Creedence Clearwater Revival came from there.

Berkeley is a major center of nuclear physics . Numerous transuranic elements were produced here for the first time in particle accelerators . For this reason, the element with the ordinal number 97 was named after Berkeley ( Berkelium ). In 1986 the urban area was declared a nuclear weapons-free zone in order to prevent research into nuclear weapons .

geography

According to the United States Census Bureau , the urban area amounts to 45.9 km², with 18.8 km² or 40.94 percent of it being water.

Demographics

(Data refer to 2000 census)

With a population of 112,578, Berkeley is the fourth largest city in the Alameda district after Oakland , Fremont and Hayward . The population density is 4154.2 inhabitants per km². There are 46,875 apartments, 44,955 households and 18,656 families in the city . The average income of a household was in 2000 44.485  US dollars , for a family is 70,434 US dollars. The per capita income was $ 30,477. One in five Berkeley residents lives below the poverty line .

Children under the age of 18 live in 17.8% of all households. 38.1% of all households are single households; married couples live in 28.9% of all households. The average household size is 2.16, that of families 2.84. The median age in the city of Berkeley is 32.5 years.

economy

Berkeley as seen from Claremont Canyon

The city ​​of Berkeley's economy is largely medium-sized . The only exception, the University of California, Berkeley and the attracted by them large corporations such as Bayer and Emperor . The service sector occupies a dominant position, with numerous companies of the pharmaceutical industry and the metalworking industry to the economy is important.

After UC Berkeley, the most important employers in the city are the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with 3832 employees, the Alta Bates Hospital with 2065 employees, the city of Berkeley with 1569 employees, the Berkeley school board with 1200 employees and Bayer AG 1101 employees. About 70,000 people work in the city and in 1999 the unemployment rate was 2.3%. A major problem for the economic development in Berkeley is the sharp rise in rental prices since the boom in the mid-1990s .

culture and education

University campus

Educational institutions

Universities and colleges
Research institutes
schools

There are a total of four high schools in Berkeley , three of which are private schools , and there are numerous elementary and middle schools .

Libraries

Besides the numerous libraries of the universities of the population is a public library. The Berkeley City Public Library collection contains approximately 380,000 books, 25,000 audio, and 8,000 video materials. In addition to the central office, the city library also has five other branches that are spread across the city.

Museums

There are numerous museums in Berkeley . Some of the most famous include the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive and the Lawrence Hall of Science , both of which are located on the UC Berkeley campus.

Other sights

Berkeley is a popular water sports center with its marina . The rose garden, the botanical garden and the art museum of the university are worth seeing .

media

In Berkeley, Pacifica Radio Station KPFA broadcasts its public radio program .

Twin cities

sons and daughters of the town

as well:

literature

  • WJ Borabaugh: Berkeley at War: The 1960s . Oxford University Press 1990, ISBN 0-19-506667-7
  • Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny: Berkeley Landmarks, An Illustrated Guide to Berkeley, California's Architectural Heritage , ISBN 0-9706676-0-4
  • Jo Freeman: At Berkeley in the Sixties: The Education of an Activist, 1961-1965 , Indiana University Press 2003, ISBN 0-253-21622-2
  • Kiran Singh, Ellen Weise: Berkeley: The Life and Spirit of a Remarkable Town , Frog Ltd. 2004, ISBN 1-58394-093-6
  • John Weil: Berkeley and Oakland (City-Smart Berkeley & Oakland) , Avalon Travel Publishing 2000, ISBN 1-56261-514-9
  • Geoffrey Wong: A Golden State of Mind , Trafford Publishing, ISBN 1-55212-635-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.census.gov/content/census/en/search-results.html?searchtype=web&stateGeo=none&q=berkeley%20city%20ca&disambFipsCode=0606000

Web links

Commons : Berkeley  - collection of images, videos, and audio files
Wikivoyage: Berkeley  Travel Guide