El Cerrito, California, United States

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El Cerrito is a small suburban city in Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

Aliases (1)

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
areaCode 510
changedNameTo El Cerrito in 1916
climate Mediterranean climate
country United States
county Contra Costa County
demographicsRegion diverse population
distanceToOakland approximately 8 miles north
distanceToSanFrancisco approximately 13 miles northeast
elevationAboveSeaLevel 69 feet
FIPSCode 06-22018
GNISFeatureID 1658460
governmentType council–manager government
hasBARTStation El Cerrito Plaza station
El Cerrito del Norte station
hasCityHall El Cerrito City Hall
hasHighSchool El Cerrito High School
hasMayorCouncilGovernment true
hasPark Cerrito Vista Park
Hillside Natural Area
hasPublicLibrary El Cerrito Library
hasPublicTransit Bay Area Rapid Transit
hasRecyclingCenterHistory El Cerrito Recycling Center
hasSchoolDistrict West Contra Costa Unified School District
hasShoppingCenter El Cerrito Plaza
incorporatedAsCity August 23, 1917
isPartOf East Bay
isSuburban true
locatedIn San Francisco Bay Area
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
locatedOn eastern shore of San Francisco Bay
majorRoad Interstate 580
Interstate 80
San Pablo Avenue
namedAfter Spanish term "El Cerrito" meaning "the little hill"
neighboringCity Albany, California, United States
Berkeley, California, United States
Kensington, California, United States
Richmond, California, United States
officialLanguageDeFacto English
originalName Rust
population about 25,000
postalCode 94530
region Northern California
state California
timeZoneDST Pacific Daylight Time

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Richmond, California ("El Cerrito, California")
borderedBy
East Bay ("El Cerrito, California")
contains
Contra Costa County ("El Cerrito, California")
hasMajorCity
Clark Kerr
placeOfDeath

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