لكسنگتون، كنتكي
لكسنگتون، كنتكي
Lexington, Kentucky | |
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| Lexington-Fayette Urban County | |
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| الكنية: عاصمة خيول العالم | |
 الموقع في كومنولث كنتكي | |
  لكسنگتون، كنتكي الموقع في الولايات المتحدة | |
| الإحداثيات: 38°01′47″N 84°29′41″W / 38.02972°N 84.49472°WCoordinates: 38°01′47″N 84°29′41″W / 38.02972°N 84.49472°W | |
| البلد | الولايات المتحدة |
| الولاية | كنتكي |
| المقاطعة | فايـِت |
| تأسست | 1782[2] |
| Incorporated | 1831[2] |
| الحكومة | |
| • النوع | عمدة-مجلس |
| • العمدة | لندا گورتون (ج) |
| • Urban County Council | 15-member legislative council |
| المساحة | |
| • Consolidated city-county | 739٫4 كم² (285٫5 ميل²) |
| • البر | 736٫9 كم² (284٫5 ميل²) |
| • الماء | 2٫6 كم² (1٫0 ميل²) |
| • الحضر | 226٫7 كم² (87٫5 ميل²) |
| المنسوب | 298 m (978 ft) |
| التعداد (2018) | |
| • Consolidated city-county | 323٬780[1] |
| • الترتيب | US: 60th Kentucky: 2nd |
| • الكثافة | 364٫5/km2 (1٬042٫8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 312٬263 |
| • العمرانية | 516٬697 (US: 107th) |
| • CSA | 760٬528(US: 70th) |
| • Demonym | Lexingtonian |
| منطقة التوقيت | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • الصيف (التوقيت الصيفي) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 40502–40517, 40522–40524, 40526, 40533, 40536, 40544, 40546, 40550, 40555, 40574–40583, 40588, 40591, 40598 |
| Area code | 859 |
| المطار | مطار بلو گراس LEX (إقليمي) |
| Interstates |   |
| U.S. Routes |      |
| State Routes |      |
| الطرق المائية | نهر كنتكي |
| الموقع الإلكتروني | www |
لكسنگتون Lexington هي ثاني أكبر مدينة في كنتكي والمدينة رقم 60 من حيث التعداد في الولايات المتحدة. وتُعرف بكنية "عاصمة خيول العالم"، هي قلب منطقة بلوگراس في الولاية. المعالم البارزة في المدينة تضم Kentucky Horse Park, The Red Mile وكين‌لاند race courses, Rupp Arena, Transylvania University, the University of Kentucky, and Bluegrass Community and Technical College. Lexington ranks 10th among US cities in college education rate, with 39.5% of residents having at least a bachelor's degree.[3]
في تقدير تعداد الولايات المتحدة لعام 2018، بلغ تعداد المدينة 323,780 نسمة، كمركز لمنطقة عمرانية تعداد سكانها 516,697 نسمة و منطقة إحصائية مجمعة تعدادها 760,528 نسمة. By land area, Lexington is the 28th largest city in the United States. The city is consolidated entirely within Fayette County, and vice versa. It has a nonpartisan mayor-council form of government, with 12 council districts and three members elected at large, with the highest vote-getter designated vice mayor.
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الديمغرافيا
| التعداد التاريخي | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| التعداد | Pop. | %± | |
| 1790 | 834 | — | |
| 1800 | 1٬795 | 115٫2% | |
| 1810 | 4٬326 | 141�0% | |
| 1820 | 5٬270 | 21٫8% | |
| 1830 | 6٬026 | 14٫3% | |
| 1840 | 6٬997 | 16٫1% | |
| 1850 | 8٬159 | 16٫6% | |
| 1860 | 9٬321 | 14٫2% | |
| 1870 | 14٬801 | 58٫8% | |
| 1880 | 16٬656 | 12٫5% | |
| 1890 | 21٬567 | 29٫5% | |
| 1900 | 26٬369 | 22٫3% | |
| 1910 | 35٬099 | 33٫1% | |
| 1920 | 41٬534 | 18٫3% | |
| 1930 | 45٬736 | 10٫1% | |
| 1940 | 49٬304 | 7٫8% | |
| 1950 | 55٬534 | 12٫6% | |
| 1960 | 62٬810 | 13٫1% | |
| 1970 | 108٬137 | 72٫2% | |
| 1980 | 204٬165 | 88٫8% | |
| 1990 | 225٬366 | 10٫4% | |
| 2000 | 260٬512 | 15٫6% | |
| 2010 | 295٬803 | 13٫5% | |
| 2018 (تق.) | 323٬780 | [1] | 9٫5% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
المناخ
| بيانات مناخ لكسنگتون، كنتكي (مطار بلو گراس)، الاعتيادية 1981–2010، القصوى 1872–الحاضر | |||||||||||||
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| الشهر | يناير | فبراير | مارس | أبريل | مايو | يونيو | يوليو | أغسطس | سبتمبر | اكتوبر | نوفمبر | ديسمبر | العام |
| العظمى القياسية °ف (°س) | 80 (26.7) |
80 (26.7) |
86 (30) |
91 (32.8) |
96 (35.6) |
104 (40) |
108 (42.2) |
105 (40.6) |
103 (39.4) |
93 (33.9) |
83 (28.3) |
75 (23.9) |
108 (42٫2) |
| العظمى المتوسطة °ف (°س) | 40.9 (4.94) |
45.6 (7.56) |
55.4 (13) |
65.8 (18.78) |
74.4 (23.56) |
82.9 (28.28) |
86.1 (30.06) |
85.6 (29.78) |
78.8 (26) |
67.5 (19.72) |
55.4 (13) |
43.9 (6.61) |
65٫3 (18٫5) |
| الصغرى المتوسطة °ف (°س) | 24.9 (-3.94) |
28.1 (-2.17) |
35.7 (2.06) |
44.7 (7.06) |
53.9 (12.17) |
62.5 (16.94) |
66.3 (19.06) |
65.0 (18.33) |
57.5 (14.17) |
46.6 (8.11) |
37.3 (2.94) |
28.0 (-2.22) |
46٫0 (7٫78) |
| الصغرى القياسية °ف (°س) | −21 (-29.4) |
−20 (-28.9) |
−2 (-18.9) |
15 (-9.4) |
26 (-3.3) |
39 (3.9) |
47 (8.3) |
42 (5.6) |
32 (0) |
20 (-6.7) |
−3 (-19.4) |
−19 (-28.3) |
−21 (−29٫4) |
| هطول inches (mm) | 3.20 (81.3) |
3.20 (81.3) |
4.07 (103.4) |
3.60 (91.4) |
5.26 (133.6) |
4.44 (112.8) |
4.65 (118.1) |
3.25 (82.6) |
2.91 (73.9) |
3.13 (79.5) |
3.53 (89.7) |
3.93 (99.8) |
45٫17 (1٬147٫3) |
| سقوط الثلج inches (cm) | 3.9 (9.9) |
4.6 (11.7) |
1.4 (3.6) |
0.3 (0.8) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.3 (0.8) |
2.5 (6.4) |
13٫0 (33) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 12.1 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 12.4 | 129٫8 |
| Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 4.8 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 13٫7 |
| Source: NOAA[5][6] | |||||||||||||
الحكم والسياسة
Federally, Lexington is part of Kentucky's 6th congressional district, represented by Republican Andy Barr, first elected in 2012.
In 1974, the governments of the city of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentucky combined to create the current Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Lexington has an elected mayor and city council-style of government.
العمدة
On November 2, 2010, Vice Mayor Jim Gray defeated Mayor Jim Newberry to become Lexington’s first openly gay mayor. He was re-elected in 2014 but passed up a third and final term in 2018 to run for Congress. He lost the Democratic primary to Amy McGrath. Linda Gorton, who had been vice mayor in his first term, defeated former police chief Ronnie Bastin for mayor.
مجلس المقاطعة الحضري
The Urban County Council is a 15-member legislative group. Twelve of the members represent specific districts and serve two-year terms; three are elected citywide as at-large council members and serve four-year terms. The at-large member receiving the highest number of votes in the general election automatically becomes the vice mayor, who in the absence of the mayor, is the presiding officer of the council. The council members as of 2019 are:[7]
| عضو المجلس | المقاطعة | نهاية مدته |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Kay[8] | نائب العمدة | 2022 |
| Richard Moloney[9] | At-large | 2022 |
| Chuck Ellinger II[10] | At-large | 2022 |
| James Brown[11] | 1st | 2020 |
| Josh McCurn[12] | 2nd | 2020 |
| Jake Gibbs[13] | 3rd | 2020 |
| Susan Lamb[14] | 4th | 2020 |
| Bill Farmer, Jr.[15] | 5th | 2020 |
| Angela Evans[16] | 6th | 2020 |
| Preston Worley[17] | 7th | 2020 |
| Fred Brown[18] | 8th | 2020 |
| Jennifer Mossotti[19] | 9th | 2020 |
| Amanda Mays Bledsoe[20] | 10th | 2020 |
| Jennifer Reynolds[21] | 11th | 2020 |
| Kathy Plomin[22] | 12th | 2020 |
District Council Member Terms end on December 31, 2020. At-Large Council Member Terms end on December 31, 2022.
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Notes
References
- ^ أ ب "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018". Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- ^ أ ب Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Lexington, Kentucky". Accessed September 18, 2013.
- ^ Degrees & Training – Most-Educated Cities in the United States. MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on October 18, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ "Station Name: KY LEXINGTON BLUEGRASS AP". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ "Councilmembers | City of Lexington". Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Vice Mayor". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Council-at-large 1st member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Council-at-large 2nd member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "1st district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "2nd district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "3rd district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "4th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "5th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "6th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "7th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "8th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "9th district council member". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Council District 10, Amanda Mays Bledsoe". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Council District 11, Jennifer Reynolds". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "12th district council member". Retrieved 8 June 2017.
Further reading
- Gelbert, Doug. A Walking Tour of Lexington, Kentucky (2011) excerpt and text search
- Leet, Karen M. et al. Civil War Lexington, KY: Bluegrass Breeding Ground of Power (2011) excerpt and text search
- Hollingsworth, Randolph (2004). Lexington: Queen of the Bluegrass. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Press. ISBN 9780738524665.
- Jillson, Willard Rouse (October 1929). "The Founding of Lexington, Kentucky". Filson Club History Quarterly. 3 (5).
- Klotter, James C.; Rowland, Daniel, eds. (2012). Bluegrass Renaissance: The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792–1852. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813136073. (emphasis on the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe and "neoclassical" Lexington)
- Smith, Gerald L. Lexington Kentucky (KY) (Black America) (2002)
- Wilson, Samuel M. (January 1930). "Date of the First Settlement of Lexington, Kentucky". Filson Club History Quarterly. 4 (1).
- Wright, John D., Jr. Lexington: Heart of the Bluegrass (1994); 244pp; a history
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