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  1. 3 days ago · Oakland, city, seat (1873) of Alameda county, west-central California, U.S. It lies on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco . The city site is located on a flat coastal plain that rises toward hills to the east that parallel the shoreline.

  2. 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. Oakland is a city in California. It is across the bay from San Francisco. It is the county seat of Alameda County and the third-largest city in the Bay Area, after San Jose and San Francisco. At one time, Oakland had many factories that built cars, ships and airplanes. It is a major seaport and rail junction.

  4. Oakland is a port city in the Bay Area of California in the United States of America. Once an industrial area overshadowed by San Francisco, its larger neighbor to the west, this city of 440,000 people (2020) has begun to step out from under San Francisco's shadow with its notable natural and architectural features and its rise as the ...

  5. Feb 8, 2023 · Oakland, California. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Continent: North America - Region: California. Oakland. city and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. image. flag image. seal image. locator map image.

  6. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States. 19th century. 1852 – Town of Oakland incorporated. [1] 1854 – Horace Carpentier elected mayor. 1855 – Lyceum founded. [2] 1860 – Population: 1,543. 1863 – Heald 's Business College established. [3]

  7. History of Oakland, California. The area of the city of Oakland was originally inhabited by the Costanoan Indians, owing to the abundant supply of water in the area. In the early 1770s, the Spanish decided to explore what is now California, making them the first white men to visit the area.

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