San Rafael, California
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| City of San Rafael | |
Mission San Rafael Arcángel, one of the city's most recognizable landmarks
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 Location of San Rafael, California |
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| Coordinates: 37°58′25″N 122°31′52″W / 37.97361°N 122.53111°WCoordinates: 37°58′25″N 122°31′52″W / 37.97361°N 122.53111°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Marin |
| Incorporated | February 18, 1874 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager with directly elected mayor |
| • Mayor | Gary O. Phillips |
| • City Manager | Nancy Mackle |
| • Supervisor | District 1: Damon Connolly |
| • State Legislators |
Sen. Mike McGuire (D) Asm. Marc Levine (D) |
| • U. S. Rep. | Jared Huffman (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.422 sq mi (58.074 km2) |
| • Land | 16.470 sq mi (42.657 km2) |
| • Water | 5.952 sq mi (15.417 km2) 26.55% |
| Elevation | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |
| • Total | 57,713 |
| • Estimate (2013) | 58,994 |
| • Density | 3,504.1/sq mi (1,352.9/km2) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 94901 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
| FIPS code | 06-68364 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1659589, 2411804 |
| Website | www |
San Rafael (/ˌsæn rəˈfɛl/ SAN rə-FELL; Spanish pronunciation: [san rafaˈel] "Saint Raphael") is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2010 census the city's population is 57,713.
What is now San Rafael was once the site of several Coast Miwok villages; Awani-wi, near downtown San Rafael, Ewu, near Terra Linda, and Shotomko-cha, in Marinwood.Mission San Rafael Arcángel was founded in what is now downtown San Rafael as the 20th Spanish mission in the colonial Mexican province of Alta California by three priests—Father Narciso Durán from Mission San José, Father Abella from Mission San Francisco de Asís, Father Luis Gíl y Taboada from La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles—on Dec. 14, 1817, four years before Mexico gained independence from Spain. Mission San Rafael Arcángel was located a donkey's day walk to the mission below it. The mission and the city are named after the Archangel Raphael, the Angel of Healing.
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