Bakersfield

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city county seat

Bakersfield is a large city in California known for its role as an agricultural and oil-production hub and as the birthplace of the Bakersfield sound in country music.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → county seat →
associatedWithMusician	Buck Owens → Merle Haggard →
climateClassification	Köppen BSh →
country	United States →
economicRole	regional agricultural hub → regional oil-production hub →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 120 meters → approximately 400 feet →
foundedIn	19th century →
hasAirport	Meadows Field Airport →
hasAreaCode	661 →
hasClimate	hot semi-arid climate →
hasCollege	Bakersfield College →
hasGovernmentType	council–manager government →
hasIndustry	agriculture → healthcare → logistics → manufacturing → petroleum extraction → refining →
hasMajorRiverNearby	Kern River →
hasMusicGenreOrigin	Bakersfield sound →
hasNickname	Nashville West → The Country Music Capital of the West Coast →
hasSportsTeam	Bakersfield Condors →
hasUniversity	California State University, Bakersfield →
incorporatedAsCityIn	1873 →
isCountySeatOf	Kern County NERFINISHED →
knownFor	Bakersfield sound → agriculture → country music scene → logistics and distribution → oil production →
locatedIn	Kern County NERFINISHED →
locatedInRegion	San Joaquin Valley → Southern Central Valley →
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone →
locatedOnRiver	Kern River →
namedAfter	Thomas Baker →
partOfMetropolitanArea	Bakersfield metropolitan area →
populationRankInCalifornia	one of the largest cities in California →
postalCodeRange	93301–93390 →
servedByHighway	State Route 58 NERFINISHED → State Route 99 NERFINISHED →
servedByRailway	Amtrak San Joaquins →
state	California →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bakersfield High School → California State University, Bakersfield ("Bakersfield, California") →	city
Central Valley → San Joaquin Valley →	majorCity
Carrizo Plain ("Bakersfield, California") → Friant-Kern Canal ("Bakersfield, California") →	nearbyCity
State Route 99 →	connectsCity
Central California →	contains
Kern County →	containsCity
Kern County →	countySeat
Kern County →	hasMajorCity
Kevin McCarthy ("Bakersfield, California") →	isFrom
Mojave, California ("Bakersfield–Delano metropolitan area") →	isPartOfMetropolitanArea
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California ("Bakersfield, California") →	jurisdictionAreaIncludes
Bakersfield High School ("Bakersfield, California") →	locatedIn
Rosamond, California ("Bakersfield metropolitan area") →	locatedInMetropolitanArea
Kern River Canyon ("Bakersfield, California") →	locatedNear
Elk Hills oil field ("Bakersfield, California") →	near
Central California →	otherMajorCity
Bakersfield ("Bakersfield metropolitan area") →	partOfMetropolitanArea
William R. Shafter ("Bakersfield, California") →	placeOfDeath
Bakersfield High School ("Bakersfield metropolitan area") →	regionServed
Kevin McCarthy ("Bakersfield, California") →	residence
California Aqueduct →	suppliesCity