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  2. Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Oakland is the most populous city in and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, and the third-largest city overall in the Bay Area.

  3. List of neighborhoods in Oakland, California - Wikipedia

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    Downtown and West Oakland are located entirely in the flatlands, while North and East Oakland incorporate lower hills and flatlands neighborhoods. This hills/flatlands division extends beyond Oakland's borders into neighboring cities in the East Bay's urban core such as Berkeley, Hayward, San Leandro, and Richmond.

  4. List of counties in California - Wikipedia

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    Of the 58 counties in California, 14 are governed under a charter. They are Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Tehama. [6] Nine counties in California are named for saints, tied with Louisiana for the largest number.

  5. Oakland Museum of California - Wikipedia

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    Oakland Museum of California. / 37.7986; -122.2636. The Oakland Museum of California or OMCA (formerly the Oakland Museum) is an interdisciplinary museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California, located at 1000 Oak Street in Oakland, California. The museum contains more than 1.8 million objects dedicated to "telling the ...

  6. Northern California - Wikipedia

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    15,775,319. Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning the northernmost 48 of the state's 58 counties. [1] [2] Its main population centers include the San Francisco Bay Area (anchored by the cities of San Jose, San ...

  7. Downtown Oakland Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Downtown Oakland Historic District, in the Downtown Oakland area of Oakland, California, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included 43 contributing buildings, one contributing site and one contributing object. The district is a roughly L-shaped irregular area comprising about 11 city blocks.

  8. Lake Merritt - Wikipedia

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    Lake Merritt is a large tidal lagoon in the center of Oakland, California, just east of Downtown. It is named after Samuel Merritt, Oakland's mayor in 1867–1869, who had the lagoon dammed turning the tidal lagoon into a salt water lake. It is surrounded by parkland and city neighborhoods. It is historically significant as the United States ...

  9. Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park - Wikipedia

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    Area. 1,830 acres (7,400,000 m 2) Opened. 1939. Operated by. East Bay Regional Park District. Dr. Aurelia Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park (formerly known as Redwood Regional Park) [1] is a part of the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is located in the hills east of Oakland. The park contains the largest ...

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