Fresno, California
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| City of Fresno | |||
Downtown Fresno
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 Location in the state of California and Fresno County |
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 Fresno, California
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| Coordinates: 36°45′N 119°46′W / 36.750°N 119.767°WCoordinates: 36°45′N 119°46′W / 36.750°N 119.767°W | |||
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 United States |
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 California
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| Region | San Joaquin Valley | ||
| Railway station | 1872 | ||
| Incorporated | October 12, 1885 | ||
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| • Type | Mayor-Council | ||
| • Mayor | Lee Brand | ||
| • City manager | Bruce Rudd | ||
| • City council | Esmeralda Soria Steve Brandau Oliver Baines III Paul Caprioglio Luis Chavez Garry Bredefeld Clint Olivier |
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| Area | |||
| • City | 112.308 sq mi (290.877 km2) | ||
| • Land | 111.957 sq mi (289.967 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.351 sq mi (0.91 km2) 0.31% | ||
| Elevation | 308 ft (94 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • City | 494,665 | ||
| • Estimate (2016) | 520,000 | ||
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1st in Fresno County 5th in California 34th in the United States |
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| • Density | 4,400/sq mi (1,700/km2) | ||
| • Metro | 972,297 | ||
| Demonym(s) | Fresnan | ||
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | ||
| ZIP codes | 93650, 93701–93712, 93714–93718, 93720–93730, 93737, 93740, 93741, 93744, 93745, 93747, 93750, 93755, 93760, 93761, 93764, 93765, 93771–79, 93786, 93790–94, 93844, 93888 | ||
| Area code | 559 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-27000 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 277606, 2410546 | ||
| Website | www |
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Fresno (/ˈfrɛznoʊ/ FREZ-no), the county seat of Fresno County, is a city in the U.S. state of California. As of 2016, the city's population was 520,000, making it the fifth-largest city in California, the largest inland city in California and the 34th-largest in the nation. Fresno is in the center of the San Joaquin Valley and is the largest city in the Central Valley, which contains the San Joaquin Valley. It is approximately 220 miles (350 km) northwest of Los Angeles, 170 miles (270 km) south of the state capital, Sacramento, or 185 miles (300 km) south of San Francisco. The name Fresno means "ash tree" in Spanish, and an ash leaf is featured on the city's flag.
The original inhabitants of the San Joaquin Valley region were the Yokuts people, who engaged in trading with other Californian tribes of Native Americans including coastal peoples such as the Chumash of the Central California coast, with whom they are thought to have traded plant and animal products.
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