Redding, California

Shasta County

06-59920

Redding is a city in Shasta County in the U.S. state of California with about 92,000 inhabitants ( 2011) and the county seat of administration. The city covers an area of ​​154.4 square kilometers and is also a major transportation hub in the northern part of California off the coast.

Demography

In the city in 2011 lived about 92,000 people, which is an increase of 12,000 compared to 2000. At that time, about 80,000 inhabitants in Redding were registered. With around 85 percent of European-derived whites make the majority of the population, which is well above the California and the U.S. average. Compared to 2000, this was, however, a slight decrease of three percent. Only about 10 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino Redding, which are particularly well represented in other regions of the state. With each significantly less than five percent make African American or Asian ethnic minority dar. 2010 The census also registered around 36,000 households in the city. For every 100 females were 93.8 men, while the median age was 38.5 years.

Attractions

In Redding, the 213 meter long Sundial Bridge was built in 2004, which is a watchable stopover for visitors. Architect was the renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, who has created here, as in most of his projects a remarkable design with glass. The bridge's construction cost 23 million U.S. dollars.

Not far from Redding is the 183 meter high Shasta Dam.

Traffic

The city is a regional transport hub with the Interstate 5 and the California State Routes 299, 273 and 44 in Redding is an airport located with the IATA code RDD. The city also has a dense railway link to the California coast as well as inland in other states.

Climate

Redding is known to be achieved by its extreme heat in the summer, when temperatures up to 50 degrees Celsius. This is related to the geographical location in the interior of the State of California together far away from the coast. Redding is located in a valley and is surrounded by high mountain ranges thus creating more of a continental climate prevails. This means despite the hot summer months that the winter cold often fail, however snowfall is more of an exception because of the low altitude. Chance is to be expected during cold winter nights with frost, during the day, the temperatures during the winter but often just in the single digits, which is noticeably cooler than the sea. The previous lowest recorded temperature was -14 in Redding degrees Celsius. During the summers are rather low precipitation falls in the winter and spring months of the year significantly more frequent and larger amounts of rain.

Sons and daughters of the town

County (United States) Shasta County, California Federal Information Processing Standards Latino (demonym) Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay IATA-Code
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