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 17,620 people per square mile (6,803 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 2012 population of 825,863.[3] The city is also the financial and cultural hub of the larger San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland combined statistical area, with a population of 8.4 million.



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