Kern County

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administrative division county

Kern County is a large, oil- and agriculture-rich county in California’s southern Central Valley that includes cities such as Bakersfield and is a major hub for energy production.

Aliases (2)

Kern County, California ×10
eastern Kern County ×2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division → county →
containsCity	Arvin → Bakersfield → California City → Delano → McFarland → Ridgecrest → Shafter → Taft → Tehachapi → Wasco →
containsDesertRegion	Mojave Desert (part) →
containsMilitaryInstallation	Edwards Air Force Base → Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake →
containsMountainRange	Sierra Nevada (southern part) → Tehachapi Mountains →
containsOilField	Belridge Oil Field → Kern River Oil Field → Midway-Sunset Oil Field →
containsProtectedArea	Los Padres National Forest (part) → Sequoia National Forest (part) →
containsRiver	Kern River →
containsUnincorporatedCommunity	Frazier Park → Lake Isabella → Lamont → Oildale → Rosamond →
country	United States →
countySeat	Bakersfield →
FIPSCode	06029 →
GNISFeatureID	0022507 →
hasIndustry	crop farming → dairy farming → logistics and distribution → petroleum industry → renewable energy →
hasMajorCity	Bakersfield →
hasMajorEconomicSector	energy production →
knownFor	aerospace and defense facilities → agriculture → natural gas production → oil production → renewable energy production →
locatedIn	California → San Joaquin Valley → southern Central Valley →
namedAfter	Edward M. Kern NERFINISHED →
partOf	Inland Empire–Kern County energy region →
state	California →
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station ("Kern County, California") → East Kern Airport District ("Kern County, California") → Mojave Air and Space Port ("Kern County, California") → Mojave Air and Space Port ("Kern County, California") → Rogers Dry Lake ("Kern County, California") → Tehachapi Mountains ("Kern County, California") →	locatedIn
Inyo County, California ("Kern County, California") → Los Angeles County → Tulare County, California ("Kern County, California") →	borderedBy
East Kern Airport District → Runway 8/26 →	county
Central California →	contains
Greater Los Angeles Area →	containsCounty
Southern California →	hasCounty
District 9 ("eastern Kern County") →	jurisdiction
Giant Sequoia National Monument ("Kern County, California") →	locatedInAdministrativeEntity
Edwards Air Force Base ("Kern County, California") →	location
Antelope Valley →	partOf
State Route 99 →	passesThrough
East Kern County ("eastern Kern County") →	regionOf