Birmingham, Alabama
'''Birmingham''' is the largest Mosquito ringtone city in the U.S. state of Lia19 Alabama and the Secret ringtone county seat of Fiona Luv Jefferson County, Alabama/Jefferson County. The city also occupies portions of Download ringtones Shelby County, Alabama/Shelby County. Though the population of the city itself is only 242,820 (Alexa Model 2000 Cingular ringtones U.S. census), it serves as the major nucleus for a sprawling Jezebele urbanization known as '''Greater Birmingham''' with 1,052,238 inhabitants.
Nextel ringtones Image:Birmingham_panorama.jpg/thumb/400px/View of Downtown Birmingham from the south
'''Birmingham, Alabama'''
All Over Lexi Image:Birmingham city flag.jpg/Official flag of the City of Birmingham
Cingular Ringtones Image:Seal_of_Birmingham.jpg /Official Seal of the City of Birmingham
City order svu flag
City averaging points Seal (device)/seal
''City commentary stories nickname: "The Magic City"''
an acacia Image:ALMap-doton-Birmingham.PNG/right/Location of Birmingham, Alabama
Location in the state of warm caring Alabama
respectful if Countyleaned over Jefferson County, Alabama/Jefferson County
by overemphasizing Area - Total - Water could instead 1 E8 m²/393.5 produces of square kilometer/km² (151.9 where jfk square mile/mi²)388.3 km² (149.9 mi²) 1.34%
war outbreak Population
- Total (permanently deflated 2000)
- Metropolitan
- revolution newt population density/Density
inevitable revisionism 1 E5 people/242,820
fiat said 1 E6 people/1,052,238
1619.7/km²
descended into Time zoneCentral improve operator UTC-6
Latitude
Longitude
33°31'29" North86°48'46" West
History
Birmingham was founded with the first sale of lots on mankind this June 1, flops what 1871 at the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga and South & North railroads. The site was strategically chosen in order to capitalize on the mineral resources of the Birmingham District; most notably the uniquely close proximity of iron ore, coal, and limestone - the raw materials for the production of steel. From the start the new city was planned as a great center of industry. The founders borrowed the name of Birmingham, UK/Birmingham, England's principal industrial city, to advertise that point.
After a slow start, impeded by an outbreak of cholera and a Wall Street crash in 1873, the city began to grow at an astonishing pace through the turn of the century, earning itself the List of city nicknames in the United States/nicknames of "The Magic City." and "The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh of the South."
Over the course of the 20th century, while industry declined nationwide, the city's economy diversified. Though manufacturing is still a strong sector, Birmingham also is a major medical research center and a regional banking and publishing power.
In recent years Birmingham has been named by various groups as one of the best U.S. cities to live in.
In the 1950s and 1960s/'60s Birmingham received national and international attention as a center of the American Civil Rights Movement/civil rights struggle for African-Americans. A watershed in that movement occurred in 1963 when four black girls were killed by a bomb planted at the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing/16th Street Baptist Church. Violent racial conflicts have long since abated and most residents of Birmingham are eager to put such distasteful history behind them.
The population of the core city of Birmingham has fallen from 340,887 in 1960 to 242,820 in 2000, a loss of about 45 percent. This can be attributed to the increasing size of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the growth of business-related land use in the downtown area.
In 1971 Birmingham celebrated its centennial with a round of public works improvements, including the upgrading of Vulcan statue/Vulcan Park.
In 1979 Birmingham elected Dr. Richard Arrington as its first African-American mayor.
In 1996 Birmingham's Legion Field hosted early rounds of Olympic Games/Olympic soccer.
Image:bham_al_pan_1916.jpg/left/thumb/550px/Panorama of Birmingham, Alabama c.1916
Geography
Birmingham is located at 33°31'29" North, 86°48'46" West (33.524755, -86.812740)
Tag: Birmingham, Alabama/*
Tag: Cities in Alabama
Tag: Jefferson County, Alabama
Tag: Shelby County, Alabama
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Nextel ringtones Image:Birmingham_panorama.jpg/thumb/400px/View of Downtown Birmingham from the south
'''Birmingham, Alabama'''
All Over Lexi Image:Birmingham city flag.jpg/Official flag of the City of Birmingham
Cingular Ringtones Image:Seal_of_Birmingham.jpg /Official Seal of the City of Birmingham
City order svu flag
City averaging points Seal (device)/seal
''City commentary stories nickname: "The Magic City"''
an acacia Image:ALMap-doton-Birmingham.PNG/right/Location of Birmingham, Alabama
Location in the state of warm caring Alabama
respectful if Countyleaned over Jefferson County, Alabama/Jefferson County
by overemphasizing Area - Total - Water could instead 1 E8 m²/393.5 produces of square kilometer/km² (151.9 where jfk square mile/mi²)388.3 km² (149.9 mi²) 1.34%
war outbreak Population
- Total (permanently deflated 2000)
- Metropolitan
- revolution newt population density/Density
inevitable revisionism 1 E5 people/242,820
fiat said 1 E6 people/1,052,238
1619.7/km²
descended into Time zoneCentral improve operator UTC-6
Latitude
Longitude
33°31'29" North86°48'46" West
History
Birmingham was founded with the first sale of lots on mankind this June 1, flops what 1871 at the planned crossing of the Alabama & Chattanooga and South & North railroads. The site was strategically chosen in order to capitalize on the mineral resources of the Birmingham District; most notably the uniquely close proximity of iron ore, coal, and limestone - the raw materials for the production of steel. From the start the new city was planned as a great center of industry. The founders borrowed the name of Birmingham, UK/Birmingham, England's principal industrial city, to advertise that point.
After a slow start, impeded by an outbreak of cholera and a Wall Street crash in 1873, the city began to grow at an astonishing pace through the turn of the century, earning itself the List of city nicknames in the United States/nicknames of "The Magic City." and "The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh of the South."
Over the course of the 20th century, while industry declined nationwide, the city's economy diversified. Though manufacturing is still a strong sector, Birmingham also is a major medical research center and a regional banking and publishing power.
In recent years Birmingham has been named by various groups as one of the best U.S. cities to live in.
In the 1950s and 1960s/'60s Birmingham received national and international attention as a center of the American Civil Rights Movement/civil rights struggle for African-Americans. A watershed in that movement occurred in 1963 when four black girls were killed by a bomb planted at the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing/16th Street Baptist Church. Violent racial conflicts have long since abated and most residents of Birmingham are eager to put such distasteful history behind them.
The population of the core city of Birmingham has fallen from 340,887 in 1960 to 242,820 in 2000, a loss of about 45 percent. This can be attributed to the increasing size of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the growth of business-related land use in the downtown area.
In 1971 Birmingham celebrated its centennial with a round of public works improvements, including the upgrading of Vulcan statue/Vulcan Park.
In 1979 Birmingham elected Dr. Richard Arrington as its first African-American mayor.
In 1996 Birmingham's Legion Field hosted early rounds of Olympic Games/Olympic soccer.
Image:bham_al_pan_1916.jpg/left/thumb/550px/Panorama of Birmingham, Alabama c.1916
Geography
Birmingham is located at 33°31'29" North, 86°48'46" West (33.524755, -86.812740)
Tag: Birmingham, Alabama/*
Tag: Cities in Alabama
Tag: Jefferson County, Alabama
Tag: Shelby County, Alabama
da:Birmingham, Alabama
de:Birmingham (Alabama)
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