Place:San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States


NameSan Francisco
Alt namesFriscosource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) X, 388
Yerba Buenasource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 822
Coordinates37.767°N 122.417°W
Located inSan Francisco, California, United States     (1776 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog

San Francisco is a consolidated city-county.

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The only consolidated city-county in California,[1] San Francisco encompasses a land area of about on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of about 17,867 people per square mile (6,898 people per km2). It is the most densely settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated major city in the United States after New York City.[2] San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in California, after Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose, and the 14th-most populous city in the United States—with a Census-estimated 2013 population of 837,442.[3] The city and its surroundings are known as the San Francisco Bay Area, part of the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland combined statistical area, with an estimated population of 8.5 million.


San Francisco is a popular tourist destination, known for its cool summers, fog, steep rolling hills, eclectic mix of architecture, and landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, the former prison on Alcatraz Island, and its Chinatown district. San Francisco is also the headquarters of five major banking institutions and various other companies such as the Gap Inc., Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Yelp, Pinterest, Twitter, Uber, Mozilla and Craigslist.

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