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Oakland

city in and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States
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Summary

Oakland is a big city[1]. Oakland ranks in the top 4% of big city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,939 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Alameda County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Sheng Thao[5]
  • Instance of: city in the United States[6], sanctuary city[7], charter city[8], county seat[9]
  • Shares border with: Emeryville[10], Berkeley[11], San Leandro[12], Alameda[13], Piedmont[14]
  • Flag: flag of Oakland[15]
  • Twinned administrative body: Santiago de Cuba[16], Funchal[17], Livorno[18], Fukuoka[19], Nakhodka[20], Sekondi-Takoradi[21], Dalian[22], Ocho Rios[23], Agadir[24], Da Nang[25], Ulaanbaatar[26], Bahir Dar[27], Callao[28]
  • Postal code: 94601[29], 94602[30], 94603[31], 94604[32], 94605[33], 94606[34], 94607[35], 94609[36], 94610[37], 94611[38], 94612[39], 94613[40], 94614[41], 94615[42]
  • Commons category: Oakland, California[43]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−08:00[44], Pacific Time Zone[45]
  • Local dialing code: 510[46]
  • Inception: 1852[47]
  • Authority: City of Oakland[48]
  • Official website: https://www.oaklandca.gov/[49]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oakland, California[50]
  • Commons gallery: Oakland, California[51]

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Oakland include San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge[52], a double-decker bridge[53], in United States[54], founded in 1933[55]; Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport[56], an international airport[57], in United States[58], founded in 1927[59]; and USS Oakland[60], a light cruiser[61].

Why It Matters

Oakland has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Oakland is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

Entities named for Oakland include San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge[52], a double-decker bridge[53], in United States[54], founded in 1933[55]; Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport[56], an international airport[57], in United States[58], founded in 1927[59]; and USS Oakland[60], a light cruiser[61].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . oaklandca.gov. Retrieved . oaklandca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . newsweek.com. newsweek.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . cacities.org. Retrieved . cacities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . oaklandca.gov. Retrieved . oaklandca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . oaklandca.gov. Retrieved . oaklandca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . oaklandca.gov. Retrieved . oaklandca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . oaklandca.gov. Retrieved . oaklandca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . oaklandca.gov. Retrieved . oaklandca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wb.dl.gov.cn. Retrieved . wb.dl.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . oaklandca.gov. Retrieved . oaklandca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . danang.gov.vn. Retrieved . danang.gov.vn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . oaklandca.gov. Retrieved . oaklandca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC−08:00, Pacific Time Zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 11w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Oakland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Locations/Oakland"
  3. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open library subject id → ['place:oakland_(calif.)', 'place:oakland']
    Harper's tag → oakland
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: oakland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956231|oakland (#289956231)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  4. 17w ago · Animalparty · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open library subject id → ['place:oakland_(calif.)', 'place:oakland']
    Wikidata description → city in and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Open library subject id: place:oakland_(calif.)"
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Oakland, California
    Official website → https://www.oaklandca.gov/
    Capital of → Alameda County
    Category for people buried here → Q112730566
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 178475, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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