Alameda County
county in California, United States
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Summary
Alameda County is a charter county[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Capital: Oakland[5]
- Shares border with: Contra Costa County[6], San Mateo County[7], San Joaquin County[8], Stanislaus County[9], Santa Clara County[10]
- Named after: Rancho Arroyo de la Alameda[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Oakland[12], Berkeley[13], Hayward[14]
- Flag: flag of Alameda County[15]
- Twinned administrative body: Taoyuan[16]
- Legislative body: Alameda County Board of Supervisors[17]
- Part of: Oakland–Fremont–Berkeley metropolitan division[18]
- Commons category: Alameda County, California[19]
- Local dialing code: 510[20], 925[21]
- Inception: March 25, 1853[22]
- Coordinate location: 37.65, -121.91[23]
- Authority: County of Alameda[24]
- Official website: http://www.acgov.org[25], https://www.acgov.org/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Alameda County, California[27]
- Population: 1,510,271[28], 1,513,527[29], 1,531,324[30], 1,553,960[31], 1,578,891[32], 130,197[33], 246,131[34], 1,638,215[35], 1,671,329[36], 1,669,301[37], 1,660,202[38], 1,682,353[39]
- Topic has template: Template:Alameda County, California[40]
- List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Alameda County, California[41]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Alameda County, California[42]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Alameda County, California[43]
- Number of households: 621,958[44], 582,549[45], 573,174[46]
- Native label: Alameda County[47]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C107874[48]
Why It Matters
Alameda County is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]