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Alameda

Lying across the Bay Bridge from , the East Bay consists of Contra Costa County and Alameda County. It has a unique culture, more laid back and with less tech industry presence than its neighbors to the west. , the area's largest city…
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  • Type: County with 1,510,000 residents
  • Description: county in California, United States
  • Also known as: “Alameda County”, “Alameda County, CA”, “Alameda County, California”, and “County of Alameda”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sunol Water Temple and Holy Cross Orthodox Monastery.

Temple
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The is located at 505 Paloma Way in . Designed by Willis Polk, the 59-foot high classical pavilion is made up of twelve concrete Corinthian columns and a concrete ring girder that supports the conical wood and tile roof.

Monastery
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is a monastic institution of the Orthodox Church in America, located in . The clergy of the monastery previously served under the omophorion of Archbishop Kyrill, who led the OCA's Orthodox Church in America Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania and the Diocese of .

Library
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The serves the city of in Alameda County, . The library is located near downtown Pleasanton at 400 Old Bernal Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sunol and Pleasanton.

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is in Alameda County in . In a valley that marks the beginning of the beautiful Niles Canyon, is small yet worth visiting if you are in the region of California.

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is a city in the outer East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the wealthiest cities of its type, with many upscale restaurants and historic districts.

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is a suburban city in the southern part of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the 4th largest city in the Bay Area by population.

Alameda

Latitude
37.609° or 37° 36′ 33″ north
Longitude
-121.8991° or 121° 53′ 57″ west
Population
1,510,000
Elevation
1,237 feet (377 metres)
Open location code
849WJ452+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2663660272
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5322745
Wiki­data ID
Q107146
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Alameda” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Alameda County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ألاميدا (كاليفورنيا)”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة ألاميدا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه ألاميدا، كاليفورنيا”
  • Armenian: “Ալամեդա շրջան”
  • Armenian: “Ալամիդայի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Alameda (condáu)”
  • Asturian: “condáu d’Alameda”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alamida dairəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alamida qraflığı”
  • Basque: “Alameda konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Alameda County, Kalifornien”
  • Bavarian: “Alameda County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Аламіда”
  • Belarusian: “Аламіда”
  • Belarusian: “Аламэда (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Аламэда”
  • Bishnupriya: “আলামেডা কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “আলামেডা কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Аламида”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Alameda”
  • Catalan: “Comtat d’Alameda”
  • Cebuano: “Alameda County”
  • Central Kurdish: “ناوچەی ئالامێدا”
  • Chechen: “Аламида”
  • Chinese: “Alameda Kūn”
  • Chinese: “亞拉米達縣”
  • Chinese: “亞拉米達縣政府”
  • Chinese: “阿拉梅达县”
  • Chinese: “阿拉米達縣”
  • Chinese: “阿拉米達郡”
  • Chinese: “阿拉美达县”
  • Czech: “Alameda County”
  • Danish: “Alameda County”
  • Dutch: “Alameda County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الاميدا كاونتى”
  • Esperanto: “Alameda County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Alameda”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Alameda”
  • Estonian: “Alameda maakond”
  • Finnish: “Alameda County”
  • Finnish: “Alamedan piirikunta”
  • French: “comté d’Alameda”
  • French: “Comté d’Alameda”
  • Galician: “Condado de Alameda”
  • Georgian: “ალამედის ოლქი”
  • German: “Alameda County”
  • Gilaki: “آلامیدا شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Αλαμίντα (Καλιφόρνια)”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Αλαμίντα, Καλιφόρνια”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Αλαμίντα”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Αλαμίντα”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אלמידה”
  • Hungarian: “Alameda megye”
  • Icelandic: “Alameda County”
  • Icelandic: “Alameda-sýsla”
  • Indonesian: “County Alameda, California”
  • Indonesian: “County Alameda”
  • Irish: “Contae Alameda, California”
  • Irish: “Contae Alameda”
  • Italian: “Alameda County”
  • Italian: “contea di Alameda”
  • Italian: “Contea di Alameda”
  • Japanese: “アラメダ郡”
  • Korean: “앨라미다 군”
  • Korean: “앨라미다군”
  • Korean: “앨러미다 군”
  • Korean: “앨러미다군”
  • Latin: “Alameda Comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Alamedas apgabals”
  • Latvian: “Alamidas apgabals”
  • Limburgan: “Alameda County”
  • Lithuanian: “Alamedos apygarda”
  • Lithuanian: “Alamidos apygarda”
  • Low German: “Alameda County”
  • Macedonian: “Аламеда”
  • Malayalam: “അൽമേഡ കൌണ്ടി, കാലിഫോർണിയ”
  • Malayalam: “അൽമേഡ കൌണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “अलामीडा काउंटी, कॅलिफोर्निया”
  • Marathi: “अलामीडा काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “آلامیدا شهرستان (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “آلامیدا شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alameda Kūn”
  • Navajo: “Chéchʼiltah Hatsoh Áłtsʼíísí Bił Hahoodzo”
  • Northern Frisian: “Alameda County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alameda County”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alameda County”
  • Norwegian: “Alameda County”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Comtat d’Alameda”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ealmedæsċīr”
  • Ossetian: “Аламидæ”
  • Ossetian: “Аламидæйы зылд”
  • Pampanga: “Alameda County, California”
  • Pampanga: “Alameda County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آلامدا، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آلامدا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آلامیدا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان الامدا”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Alameda”
  • Portuguese: “Alameda County”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Alameda”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Alameda, California”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Alameda”
  • Russian: “Аламеда”
  • Russian: “Аламида”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Alameda”
  • Serbian: “Alameda County”
  • Serbian: “Okrug Alamida”
  • Serbian: “Аламеда”
  • Serbian: “Округ Аламеда”
  • Serbian: “Округ Аламида”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alameda County, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alameda County”
  • Slovenian: “Alameda County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Alameda”
  • Spanish: “Alameda County California”
  • Spanish: “Alameda County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Alameda”
  • Swedish: “Alameda County”
  • Tagalog: “Alameda County”
  • Tagalog: “Alameda, California”
  • Tajik: “Аламеда”
  • Tajik: “Аламида”
  • Tatar: “Аламида (округ, Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Аламида”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลแอลามีดา”
  • Tumbuka: “Alameda County, California”
  • Tumbuka: “Alameda County”
  • Turkish: “Alameda County, CA”
  • Turkish: “Alameda County, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Alameda County, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Alameda County”
  • Turkish: “Alameda ilçesi, CA”
  • Turkish: “Alameda ilçesi, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Alameda ilçesi, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Alameda İlçesi, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Alameda ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Аламеда”
  • Ukrainian: “Аламіда”
  • Urdu: “الامیدا کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Alameda”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạt Alameda”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Alameda, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Alameda”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Alameda, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Alameda”
  • Welsh: “Alameda County, Califfornia”
  • Welsh: “Alameda County”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Alameda”
  • Western Armenian: “Ալամետա”
  • Western Panjabi: “الامیڈا کاؤنٹی”
  • Western Panjabi: “المیدا کاؤنٹی”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿拉梅达县”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿拉米達縣”
  • “Alameda”

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