Sonoma
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 Sonoma City Hall |
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| Location in California | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1883 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | Sonoma County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 17 ′ N , 122 ° 28 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 10,648 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,543.2 inhabitants per km² |
| Area : | 6.9 km² (about 3 mi²) of which 6.9 km² (about 3 mi²) is land |
| Height : | 26 m |
| Postal code : | 95476 |
| Area code : | +1 707 |
| FIPS : | 06-72646 |
| GNIS ID : | 277617 |
| Website : | www.sonomacity.org |
| Mayor : | Ken Brown |
Sonoma [sənoʊmə] is a town in Sonoma County in the US state of California of the United States with 9,700 inhabitants ( 2004 ).
The city is north of San Pablo Bay . The urban area has a size of 6.9 km². From June 14 to July 9, 1846, the city was the capital of the Republic of California .
Sonoma is one of three US cities that belong to the international movement Cittàslow , which aims to improve the quality of life in cities.
history
colonization
The Sonoma area was originally the settlement area of the Miwok , the Pomo and the Wintun . Many Indians still live in the area today, although six states have since been established over the place. The village of Sonoma emerged from the San Francisco Solano Mission , which was founded in 1823 by Father Joseph Altimira as the last and northernmost of the Spanish missions in California . It was the north end of El Camino Real , the trade route between the missions from San Diego along the coast to Sonoma. Shortly after it was founded, like many other missions, it was secularized. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo established the Presidio of Sonoma in addition to the dissolved mission .
Republic of California
The Presidio of Sonoma was the starting point of the so-called Bear Flag Revolt , in which an independent Republic of California was proclaimed on June 14, 1846, because the white immigrants in Sonoma did not agree with the Mexican government. The republic lasted only 25 days. However, their flag was the model for today's flag of California .
Viticulture
Sonoma is considered the birthplace of California wine. The first vines were grown here by the missionaries.
Sonoma as a film set
Parts of the film Scream were released in Sonoma Valley . shot, namely the scenes at school and at the last party. In addition, a NASCAR Sprint Cup race takes place annually at the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma .
One of the filming locations for the Falcon Crest series was also here . City Hall was the prison there.
Town twinning
Sonoma is twin town of
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Personalities
- Ágoston Haraszthy (1812–1869), Hungarian pioneer of viticulture in North America, founded the Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma
- Joseph Hooker (1814–1879), major general in the Union Army in the American Civil War, settled in Sonoma in 1853
- Henry Harley Arnold (1886–1950), general, commander in chief of the United States Army Air Forces, died in Sonoma
- David Steindl-Rast (* 1926 Vienna), Benedictine monk and spiritual teacher, co-founder of the Sky Farm in Sonoma
- Tim Schafer (* 1967), programmer and developer of adventure games, was born in Sonoma
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Sonoma Sister Cities Association ( Memento from August 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).