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|subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Kern ---- |subdivision_type3 = Region |subdivision_name3 = San Joaquin Valley |established_title2 = Incorporated |established_date2 = 1873–1876 |established_title3 = Re-incorporated |established_date3 = January 11, 1898 |named_for = Thomas Baker |government_type = Council-Manager |governing_body = Bakersfield City Council |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Harvey Hall |leader_title1 = City Manager |leader_name1 = Alan Tandy |leader_title2 = Finance director |leader_name2 = Nelson Smith |leader_title3 = City clerk |leader_name3 = Roberta Gafford |total_type = City |unit_pref = US |area_footnotes = |area_total_sq_mi = 143.609 |area_total_km2 = 371.946 |area_land_sq_mi = 142.164 |area_land_km2 = 368.204 |area_water_sq_mi = 1.445 |area_water_km2 = 3.742 |area_water_percent = 1.01 |area_urban_sq_mi = 138.44 |area_metro_sq_mi = 8161.42 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_ft = 404 |population_as_of = April 1, 2010 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 347,483 |pop_est_as_of = 2013 |population_est = 363,630 |population_est_footnotes = 〔 |population_rank = 1st in Kern County 9th in California 52nd in the United States |population_density_sq_mi = auto |population_urban_footnotes = 〔(•Urban and Rural Classification ). US Census. 2010 Census. Accessed: April 5, 2012.〕 |population_urban = 523,994 |population_density_urban_sq_mi = auto |population_metro_footnotes = |population_metro = 839,631 |population_density_metro_sq_mi = auto |population_demonym = Bakersfieldian |timezone = Pacific |utc_offset = −8 |timezone_DST = PDT |utc_offset_DST = −7 |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 93220, 93241, 93301–93309, 93311–93314, 93263, 93380–93390, 93399 |area_code_type = Area code |area_code = 661 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = |blank1_name = GNIS feature IDs |blank1_info = , |website = |footnotes = }} Bakersfield is a city in Southern California, United States near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County. The city is north of Los Angeles and about the same distance south of Fresno. It is an inland city about east of Pismo Beach on the Pacific Ocean. Bakersfield’s population is around 375,000,〔(Top Population Rank: Cities 2000 and 2010 ). California Department of Finance. Retrieved March 14, 2012.〕 making it the 9th largest city in California and the 52nd largest city in the United States. The city is also the county seat for Kern County, which encompasses the entire MSA〔 and is the third largest county in California by area. The total Bakersfield inner urban area, which includes East Bakersfield and Rosedale, has a population of about 464,000. Bakersfield is in Kern County which is generally considered part of Southern California and shares its southern border with Los Angeles County. However, many residents consider Bakersfield to be more a part of Central California as it is near Kings and Tulare counties and is a hub for agriculture and oil production. Bakersfield is the focal point of the larger Bakersfield-Delano, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is coextensive with Kern County. In 2010, it had a population of 839,631, making it the 62nd largest metropolitan area in United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Bakersfield California Home Inspectors )〕 Bakersfield has a very diverse economy. Kern County is the most productive oil producing county,〔(Bakersfield – Oil Capital of California ). San Joaquin Valley Geology. Retrieved March 14, 2012.〕 and the fourth most productive agricultural county (by value) in the United States.〔 Other industries include natural gas and other energy extraction, aerospace, mining, petroleum refining, manufacturing, distribution, food processing, and corporate/regional headquarters.〔(Community Profile ). Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce. Page 4. Retrieved March 14, 2012.〕 ==History== Archaeological evidence indicates the presence of Native American settlements dating back thousands of years.〔(Yokuts History and Cultural Relations ) from everyculture.com〕 The Yokuts lived in lodges〔(Yokuts Dwellings ) from bsahighadventure.org〕 along the branches of the Kern River Delta and hunted antelope, tule elk, deer, bear, fish, and game birds. In 1776, Spanish missionary Father Francisco Garcés became the first European to explore the area. Owing to the remoteness and inaccessibility of the region, however, the Yokuts remained largely isolated until after the Mexican War of Independence, when Mexican settlers began to migrate to the area. Following the discovery of gold in California in 1848, settlers flooded into the San Joaquin Valley. In 1851, gold was discovered along the Kern River in the southern Sierra Nevada, and in 1865, oil was discovered in the valley.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History on gold & oil )〕 The Bakersfield area, once a tule-reed-covered marshland, was first known as Kern Island to the handful of pioneers who built log cabins there in 1860. The area was subject to periodic flooding from the Kern River, which occupied what is now the downtown area, and experienced outbreaks of malaria. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bakersfield, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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