Mobile, Alabama
Mobile (/moʊˈbiːl/ moh-BEEL; French pronunciation: [mɔ.bil]) is the coonty seat o Mobile Coonty, Alabama.
Mobile, Alabama | |||
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| Ceety o Mobile | |||
 Frae tap: Pincus Biggin, Auld Ceety Haw an Soothren Mercat, Fort Condé, Barton Academy, Cathedral Basilica o the Immaculate Conception, an the skyline o dountoun Mobile frae the Mobile River. | |||
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| Eik-name(s): "The Port Ceety", "Azalea Ceety", "The Ceety o Sax Banners" | |||
 Location in Mobile Coonty an the state o Alabama | |||
  Mobile, Alabama Location in the Unitit States | |||
| Coordinates: 30°41′40″N 88°02′35″W / 30.69444°N 88.04306°W | |||
| Kintra | Unitit States o Americar | ||
| State | Alabama | ||
| Coonty | Mobile | ||
| Foondit | 1702 | ||
| Incorporatit (toun) | Januar 20, 1814[1] | ||
| Incorporatit (ceety) | December 17, 1819[2] | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| • Mayor | William S.'Sandy' Stimpson[3][4] | ||
| Area | |||
| • Ceety | 413 km2 (159.4 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 305 km2 (117.9 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 107 km2 (41.5 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation (lawest)[5] | 3 m (10 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Ceety | 195,111 | ||
| • Estimate (2013)[7] | 194,899 | ||
| • Rank | US: 122nt | ||
| • Density | 651.4/km2 (1,687.2/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 326,183 (US: 115t) | ||
| • Metro | 414,079 (US: 127t) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Mobilian | ||
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) | ||
| ZIP Codes | Zip codes[8]
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| Aurie code(s) | 251 | ||
| FIPS code | 01-50000 | ||
| GNIS featur ID | 0155153 | ||
| Wabsteid | Ceety o Mobile | ||
Sister ceetiesEedit
Mobile haes registered sister ceety arrangements wi the follaein ceeties:[9]
- Cockburn, Australie
- Heze, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
- Tianjin, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
- Havana, Cuba
- Worms, Germany
- Makassar, Indonesie
- Ariel, an Israeli settlement in the Wast Bank[10]
- Gaeta, Italy
- Ichihara, Chiba, Japan
- Veracruz, Mexico
- Bolinao, Philippines
- Katowice, Poland
- Constanţa, Romanie
- Rostov on Don, Roushie
- Košice, Slovakia[11]
- iLembe District Municipality, Sooth Africae (umwhile kent as Keeng Shaka Destrict)[12]
- Pyeongtaek, Sooth Korea
- Malaga, Spain
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ "An Act to provide for Government of the Town of Mobile. —Passed January 20, 1814." (Google Books). A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing The Statutes and Resolutions in Force at the end of the General Assembly in January, 1823. Published by Ginn & Curtis, J. & J. Harper, Printers, New-York, 1828. Title 62. Chapter XII. Pages 780-781.
- ↑ "An Act to incorporate the City of Mobile. —Passed December 17, 1819." (Google Books). A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing The Statutes and Resolutions in Force at the end of the General Assembly in January, 1823. Published by Ginn & Curtis, J. & J. Harper, Printers, New-York, 1828. Title 62. Chapter XVI. Pages 784-791.
- ↑ http://www.cityofmobile.org/cityofficials/mayor.php
- ↑ http://www.usmayors.org/meetmayors/mayorsatglance.asp
- ↑ "Mobile Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
- ↑ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
- ↑ "Zip Code Lookup". USPS. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Mobile's Sister Cities". City of Mobile. Retrieved November 26, 2009.
- ↑ "Mobile's Sister Cities".
- ↑ "Twin cities of the City of Kosice". Magistrát mesta Košice, Tr. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ↑ "Ilembe Case Study" (PDF). The Water Dialogues. p. 10. Retrieved 2013-03-16.