Richmond
city in Contra Costa County, California, United States
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Summary
Richmond is a city of California[1]. Richmond draws 2,444 Wikipedia views per month (city of california category, ranking #29 of 87).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Association of Bay Area Governments[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Contra Costa County[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Head of government: Tom Butt[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], charter city[8]
- Shares border with: Tara Hills[9], Pinole[10], El Cerrito[11], Albany[12], San Francisco[13], San Rafael[14], San Pablo[15]
- Named after: Richmond[16]
- Postal code: 94801[17], 94802[18], 94804[19], 94805[20], 94807[21], 94808[22], 94850[23]
- Commons category: Richmond, California[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC−08:00[25], Pacific Time Zone[26]
- Inception: 1905[27]
- Official website: https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Richmond, California[29]
- Population: 6802[30], 103,701[31], 116,448[32]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Richmond, California[33]
- Described by source: Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[34]
- Official name: Richmond[35]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Richmond, California[36]
- Category for people who died here: Q131861187[37]
- Number of households: 37,450[38]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Richmond, California[39]
- Different from: Richmond[40]
- Elevation above sea level: 14 m[41]
- Area: 136.006644 km²[42], 135.923326 km²[43]
- Water as percent of area: 42.7064 percent[44]
Why It Matters
Richmond has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Richmond is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]