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Bakersfield, California

Northern America

Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, covering about 151 square miles near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in the state's Central Valley region. Long a center of oil production and agriculture, Bakersfield is also known as the birthplace of the Bakersfield sound, a twangy, electrified style of country music associated with musicians such as Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.

Facts
Population
403,455 1
Area (sq km)
391.8 1
Founding Year
1873 1
Infobox range is 1873-1876 for original incorporation, re-incorporated January 11, 1898; 1873 (earliest incorporation year) used.
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
123 1
Converted from the infobox raw value of 404 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m); no metric elevation field was given.
Latitude
35.3733 degrees north 1
Longitude
119.0189 degrees west 1
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1. Bakersfield, California (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, Population
    population_total = 403455
  • Infobox, Population as-of year
    population_as_of = 2020
  • Infobox, Area (metric)
    area_total_km2 = 391.80
  • Infobox, Elevation (feet, converted)
    elevation_ft = 404
  • Wikipedia API, prop=coordinates (latitude)
    "lat":35.3733,"lon":-119.0189
  • Wikipedia API, prop=coordinates (longitude)
    "lat":35.3733,"lon":-119.0189
  • Infobox, Incorporated
    established_date2 = 1873
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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Wikidata: Bakersfield, California
Wikidata Q49256, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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