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Berkeley




Country	United States
State	California
County	Alameda County

Location Berkeley

Foundation	1878
Contact	37 52'18 "N 122 16'29" W / 37.87167, -122.27472 37 52'18 "N 122 16'29" W / 37.87167, -122.27472
Mayor	Tom Bates
Area	45.9 km of which 41% water sq. km
Population ( 2000 )	102 822 inhabitants inhabitants.
Density	3792 5 inhabitants / km
Time Zone	Pacific ( UTC - 8)
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Berkeley (/ brkli: /) is a city of the Greater San Francisco in California , USA. It is located on the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay in Alameda County. The city is known worldwide for its University , the oldest in California, which hosts about 40,000 students and is regularly ranked among the top five worldwide. The city also houses the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Graduate Theological Union. This is one of the most liberal of countries ^History

Before the arrival of Europeans , the territory is occupied by the tribe Chochen / Huichin People's Native American Ohlone. After the expedition of Juan Bautista de Anza, who erected the Presidio of San Francisco at the entrance to the Bay of San Francisco (the "Golden Gate"), one of his soldiers, Luis Peralta, becomes owner of a vast expanse of land on the east coast of the Bay (the "contra costa"), including the future territory of Berkeley. The ranch prospered until the San Antonio Mexican-American War. The change of sovereignty significantly reduces the possessions of the son of Peralta, Domingo and Vicente while the territory begins to be truly colonized.

Berkeley, Telegraph Avenue

The history of Berkeley is then linked to its university , founded in 1868. The city is named after the religious Irish George Berkeley who came to evangelize the Indians in the eighteenth ^century. The city grew especially after the earthquake of 1906. In 1960 , she was the focus of social protest for freedom of speech (1963 Free Speech Movement). Student demonstrations took place every day on the Berkeley campus against the war in Viet Nam. We nicknamed the city "People's Republic of Berkeley."

More recently, Berkeley is considered a place of culinary experimentation: the restaurant Chez Panisse is considered by some as one of the cradles of California cuisine. Its owner, Alice Waters, has been dubbed "the mother of American cooking" ^Geography

Berkeley is bordered on the west by the San Francisco Bay , south-west by the city of Emeryville , south and south-east by that of Oakland , North of the city of Albany and the community not Built in Kensington , and North-East by the Berkeley Hills , which form the boundaries of Contra Costa County with that of Alameda.

Population Change
Year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Inhabitants	13 214	40 434	56 036	82 109	85 547	113 805	111 268	116 716	103 328	102 724	102 743

The coordinates of Berkeley are: 37 52'18 "North, 122 16'29" West. According to the Census Bureau U.S. (United States Census Bureau), the city covers 45.9 km (17.7 mi ). The population of Berkeley is diverse. According to Census 2000 , there are 102 743 inhabitants. Density was 3 792.5 / km (9 823.3 / mi ). The ethnic composition is 59.17% White, 13.63% African American, 16.39% Asian, 9.73% of Hispanic-Latino. The average income per household is 44,485. 20% of the population lives below the poverty line

View of Berkeley and San Francisco Bay , from the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve

Age distribution:
- Under 18: 14.1%
- 18-24 years: 21.6%
- 25-44: 31.8%
- 45-64: 22.3%
- more than 65 years: 10.2%
Median Age: 32 years

Administration

Berkeley campus and Sather Tower.

Claude B. Hutchison , mayor of Berkeley from 1955 to 1963.
Loni Hancock , former mayor
Shirley Dean , mayor of Berkeley from 1995 to 2002
Tom Bates , the current mayor of Berkeley (since 2002) and husband of Loni Hancock

The city buses run on biodiesel produced from the reprocessing of edible oils (eg from cooking French fries from fast food) .