San Francisco | |
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Ceety an coonty | |
Ceety an Coonty o San Francisco | |
![]() San Francisco frae the Marin Heidlands, with the Gowden Gate Brig in the foregroond | |
Eik-name(s): | |
Motto(s): Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Spanish for "Gowd in Peace, Iron in War") | |
![]() Location o San Francisco | |
Coordinates: 37°46′45.48″N 122°25′9.12″W / 37.7793000°N 122.4192000°WCoordinates: 37°46′45.48″N 122°25′9.12″W / 37.7793000°N 122.4192000°W | |
Kintra | Unitit States |
State | Californie |
Founded | 29 Juin 1776 |
Incorporatit | 15 Aprile 1850[7] |
Foondit bi | Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga an Francisco Palóu |
Named for | St. Francis o Assisi |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor-cooncil govrenment |
• Mayor o San Francisco | Edwin M. Lee |
• San Francisco Board of Supervisors | Supervisors
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• Californie State Assembly | Fiona Ma (D) Tom Ammiano (D) |
• Californie State Senate | Mark Leno (D) Leland Yee (D) |
• Unitit States Hoose o Representatives | Nancy Pelosi (D) Jackie Speier (D) |
Area | |
• Ceety an coonty | 600.6 km2 (231.89 sq mi) |
• Laund | 121.4 km2 (46.87 sq mi) |
• Water | 479.2 km2 (185.02 sq mi) 79.79% |
• Metro | 9,128 km2 (3524.4 sq mi) |
Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
Highest elevation | 282 m (925 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population | CSA: 7,563,460 |
• Density | 6,632.9/km2 (17179.2/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3,273,190 |
• Metro | 4,335,391 |
Demonym(s) | San Franciscan |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific Staundart Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (Paceefic Daylicht Time) |
ZIP Code | 94101–94112, 94114–94147, 94150–94170, 94172, 94175, 94177 |
Area code(s) | 415 |
Website | www.sfgov.org |
San Francisco, offeecially the Ceety an Coonty o San Francisco, is the fowert maist populous ceety in Californie an the 12t maist populous ceety in the Unitit States, wi a 2009 estimatit population o 815,358.[10] The anerlie consolidated ceety-coonty in Californie,[11] it encompasses a land aurie o 46.7 square miles (121 km2)[12] on the northren end o the San Francisco Peninsula, givin it a density o 17,323 fowk/mi² (6,688.4 fowk/km²). It is the maist densely settled lairge ceety (population greater than 200,000) in the state o Californie an the seicont-maist densely populatit lairge ceety in the Unitit States.[13] San Francisco is the financial, cultural, an transportation centre o the San Francisco Bay Area, a region o mair nor 7.4 million fowk which includes San Jose an Oakland.[14]
In 1776, the Spaingie establisht a fort at the Golden Gate an a mission namit for Francis o Assisi on the steid.[15] The Californie Gowd Rush in 1848 propelled the ceety intae a period o rapid growthe, increasin the population very much, an sicweys transformin it intae the lairgest ceety on the Wast Coast at the time. Efter three-quarters o the ceety wis destroyed bi the 1906 earthquake an fire,[16] San Francisco wis quickly rebuilt, hostin the Panama-Paceefic Internaitional Exposition nine years later. Durin Warld War II, San Francisco wis the port o embarkation for service members shippin oot tae the Paceefic Theater.[17] Efter the war, the confluence o returnin servicemen, massive immigration, leeberalizin attitudes, an ither factors led tae the Simmer o Love an the gay richts movement, cementin San Francisco as a centre o leeberal activism in the Unitit States.
The day, San Francisco is a popular internaitional tourist destination,[18] renouned for its chilly simmer fog, steep rollin hills, eclectic mix o Victorian an modren architecture an its famous laundmerks, includin the Golden Gate Bridge, cable caurs, an Chinatown. The ceety is an aa a principal bankin an finance center, an the hame tae mair nor 30 internaitional financial institutions,[19] helpin tae mak San Francisco aichteent place in the warld's top producin ceeties, nint in the Unitit States, an fifteent place in the tap twintie Global Financial Centers.