Mobile, Alabama
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| City of Mobile | |||
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 Mobile skyline 2007
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| Nickname(s): The Port City or Azalea City or The City of Six Flags | |||
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| Coordinates: 30°41′40″N 88°02′35″W / 30.69444°N 88.04306°WCoordinates: 30°41′40″N 88°02′35″W / 30.69444°N 88.04306°W | |||
| Country | US | ||
| State | Alabama | ||
| County | Mobile | ||
| Founded | 1702 | ||
| Incorporated | 1814 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Sam Jones | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 412.9 km2 (159.4 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 305.3 km2 (117.9 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 107.6 km2 (41.5 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation(lowest)[1] | 3 m (10 ft) | ||
| Population (2000)[2][3] | |||
| • City | 198,915 | ||
| • Metro | 399,843 | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| Area code(s) | 251 | ||
| FIPS code | 01-50000 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0155153 | ||
| Website | http://www.cityofmobile.org | ||
Mobile (how to say: /moʊˈbiːl/) (pronunciation) is the third most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County.[4] The population within the city limits was 198,915 as of the 2000 census. Mobile is the principal municipality of the Mobile Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 399,843 residents which is composed solely of Mobile County and is the second largest MSA in the state.[3] Mobile is included in the Mobile-Daphne-Fairhope Combined Statistical Area with a total population of 540,258, the second largest CSA in the state.[5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ ""Mobile Alabama"". "GNIS Feature Query Results". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ↑ ""2000 census for Mobile, Alabama"". "U.S. Census Bureau". http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US0150000&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US01%7C16000US0150000&_street=&_county=mobile&_cityTown=mobile&_state=04000US01&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2006_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ""Population of Metropolitan Statistical Areas"". "U.S. Census Bureau 2000 MSA Populations". http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t29/tab01a.csv. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ↑ "USA: Alabama". CityPopulation.de. http://www.citypopulation.de/USA-Alabama.html. Retrieved 2007-4-23.
- ↑ ""Population of Combined Statistical Areas"". "U.S. Census Bureau 2000 CSA Populations". http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t29/tab06.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-1.
Other websites[change | change source]
- City of Mobile
- Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce
- Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Mobile Carnival Museum
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