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    Local news for Birmingham, AL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

  • City Description

    Birmingham (pronounced /ˈbɜrmɪŋhæm/, BUR-ming-ham) is the largest city in the state of Alabama in the United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County and includes part of Shelby County. According to a 2007 estimate, the city had a population of 229,800. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, as of the 2008 census estimates, has a population of 1,198,932. It is also the largest city in the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area, colloquially known as Greater Birmingham, which contains roughly one quarter of the population of Alabama. Birmingham was founded in 1871, just after the American Civil War, as an industrial enterprise. It was named after Birmingham, one of the UK's major industrial cities. Through the middle of the 20th century, Birmingham was the primary industrial center of the Southern United States. The astonishing pace of Birmingham's growth through the turn of the century earned it the nicknames "The Magic City" and "The Pittsburgh of the South". Much like Pittsburgh in the north, Birmingham's major industries were iron and steel production. Over the course of the 20th century, the city's economy diversified. Though the manufacturing industry

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    City Contained By:

    • Jefferson County
    • Alabama
    • Shelby County
    • United States of America

    City Contains:

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham
    • Birmingham-Southern College
    • Sloss Furnaces
    • Bartow Arena
    • Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens
    • University of Alabama School of Medicine
    • Oak Mountain High
    • Red Mountain
    • Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex
    • Virginia College
    • Avondale
    • Forest Park
    • Glen Iris
    • Eastwood
    • Sun Valley
    • Five Points South
    • Huffman
    • Mason City
    • Zion City
    • Roebuck
    • Inglenook
    • Sandusky
    • Sherman Heights
    • Jones Valley
    • East Thomas
    • Oak Ridge Park
    • Norwood
    • Green Acres
    • Roosevelt
    • Woodlawn
    • Wahouma
    • North Birmingham
    • Ensley
    • Powderly
    • Smithfield
    • Fountain Heights
    • Hillman
    • Wylam
    • Airport Highlands
    • Overton
    • Gate City
    • Graymont
    • Hooper City
    • Harriman Park
    • Dolomite
    • Liberty Highlands
    • Pine Knoll Vista
    • Tarpley
    • Redmont Park
    • Highland Park
    • Southside
    • Central City
    • Crestline
    • Sand Ridge
    • Crestwood South
    • Crestwood North
    • Echo Highlands
    • South Roebuck
    • South Pratt
    • Spring Lake
    • Apple Valley
    • Smithfield Estates
    • College Hills
    • East Avondale
    • Rising- West Princeton
    • Arlington - West End
    • Bridlewood
    • South Eastlake
    • Ensley Highlands
    • Kingston
    • Bush Hills
    • South Woodlawn
    • Central Pratt
    • Fairview
    • Riley
    • Belview Heights
    • South Titusville
    • Brownsville Heights
    • West End Manor
    • Acipco-Finley
    • East Brownville
    • Central Park
    • Germania Park
    • Eastlake
    • Brown Springs
    • Maple Grove
    • North Titusville
    • Oakwood Place
    • North Eastlake
    • North Avondale
    • Druid Hills
    • Collegeville
    • Grasselli Heights
    • Enon Ridge
    • Industrial Center
    • Penfield Park
    • Thomas
    • Woodland Park
    • West Brownville
    • North Pratt

    Timezones:

    • Central Time zone

    Size:

    • 393.41919396 km squared

    Sports Teams:

    • Birmingham Bulls
    • Birmingham South Stars

    Neighborhoods:

    • Avondale
    • Forest Park
    • Glen Iris
    • Eastwood
    • Sun Valley
    • Five Points South
    • Huffman
    • Mason City
    • Zion City
    • Roebuck
    • Inglenook
    • Sandusky
    • Sherman Heights
    • Jones Valley
    • East Thomas
    • Oak Ridge Park
    • Norwood
    • Green Acres
    • Roosevelt
    • Woodlawn
    • Wahouma
    • North Birmingham
    • Ensley
    • Powderly
    • Smithfield
    • Fountain Heights
    • Hillman
    • Wylam
    • Airport Highlands
    • Overton
    • Gate City
    • Graymont
    • Hooper City
    • Harriman Park
    • Dolomite
    • Liberty Highlands
    • Pine Knoll Vista
    • Tarpley
    • Redmont Park
    • Highland Park
    • Southside
    • Central City
    • Crestline
    • Sand Ridge
    • Crestwood South
    • Crestwood North
    • Echo Highlands
    • South Roebuck
    • South Pratt
    • Spring Lake
    • Apple Valley
    • Smithfield Estates
    • College Hills
    • East Avondale
    • Rising- West Princeton
    • Arlington - West End
    • Bridlewood
    • South Eastlake
    • Kingston
    • Bush Hills
    • South Woodlawn
    • Central Pratt
    • Fairview
    • Ensley Highlands
    • Riley
    • Belview Heights
    • South Titusville
    • Brownsville Heights
    • West End Manor
    • Acipco-Finley
    • East Brownville
    • Central Park
    • Germania Park
    • Eastlake
    • Brown Springs
    • Maple Grove
    • North Titusville
    • Oakwood Place
    • North Eastlake
    • North Avondale
    • Druid Hills
    • Collegeville
    • Grasselli Heights
    • Enon Ridge
    • Industrial Center
    • Penfield Park
    • Thomas
    • Woodland Park
    • West Brownville
    • North Pratt
    • Garden Highlands
    • Fairmont
    • Evergreen
    • Brummitt Heights
    • Killbough Springs
    • Oak Ridge
    • Tuxedo
    • West Goldwire

    City Featured in Films:

    • Big Deal on Madonna Street
    • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
    • Courting Condi
    • Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
    • Killing Christian
    • Lake of Fire
    • Mindwalk
    • Murderball
    • A River Runs Through It
    • Six Pack
    • Stay Hungry
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