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Birmingham, Alabama
city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birmingham is the second- or third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama, with about 197,000 people living in it.[3] It is the county seat of Jefferson County. Its metropolitan area is the biggest in Alabama with more than 1.1 million people living in it. The city has an area of about 152 square miles (390 km2) and an elevation of 614 feet (187 m) above sea level.
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Birmingham, Alabama | |
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Right to left, from top: Downtown, Vulcan statue, 16th Street Baptist Church, City Hall, Alabama Theatre, and the Birmingham Museum of Art | |
Nickname(s): "The Magic City", "Pittsburgh of the South" | |
![]() Location in Jefferson County, Alabama | |
Coordinates: 33°31′03″N 86°48′34″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
Counties | Jefferson, Shelby |
Incorporated | December 19, 1871 |
Named for | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor – Council |
• Mayor | Randall Woodfin (D) |
Area | |
• City | 149.54 sq mi (387.31 km2) |
• Land | 147.02 sq mi (380.77 km2) |
• Water | 2.52 sq mi (6.53 km2) |
Elevation | 597 ft (182 m) |
Population | |
• City | 200,733 |
• Estimate (2022)[3] | 196,910 |
• Rank | 124th in the United States 2nd in Alabama |
• Density | 1,365.37/sq mi (527.17/km2) |
• Urban | 774,956 (US: 58th) |
• Urban density | 1,521.7/sq mi (587.5/km2) |
• Metro | 1,115,289 (50th) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 35201-35224, 35226, 35228-35229, 35231-35238, 35242-35244, 35246, 35249, 35253-35255, 35259-35261, 35266, 35270, 35282-35283, 35285, 35287-35288, 35290-35298 |
Area codes | 205, 659 |
FIPS code | 01-07000 |
GNIS feature ID | 2403868[2] |
Website | www |
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