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| City and County of San Francisco | |||
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San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge from Marin Headlands
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| Nickname(s): The City; The City by the Bay; The Golden City; Fog City; SF; San Fran;Saint Frank; Frisco (all 3 locally disparaged);The City that Knows How (past);Baghdad by the Bay (past);The Paris of the West (past); | |||
| Motto: Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Spanish) (English: "Gold in Peace, Iron in War") |
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| Coordinates: 37°47′N 122°25′W / 37.783°N 122.417°WCoordinates: 37°47′N 122°25′W / 37.783°N 122.417°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
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| CSA | San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland | ||
| Metro | San Francisco–Oakland–Hayward | ||
| Mission | June 29, 1776 | ||
| Incorporated | April 15, 1850 | ||
| Founded by |
José Joaquin Moraga Francisco Palóu |
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| Named for | St. Francis of Assisi | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Mayor-council | ||
| • Body | Board of Supervisors | ||
| • Mayor | Edwin M. Lee (D) | ||
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| • Assembly members |
David Chiu (D) Phil Ting (D) |
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| • State senator | Scott Wiener (D) | ||
| • United States Representatives |
Nancy Pelosi (D) Jackie Speier (D) |
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| Area | |||
| • City and county | 231.89 sq mi (600.59 km2) | ||
| • Land | 46.89 sq mi (121.46 km2) | ||
| • Water | 185.00 sq mi (479.14 km2) 80.00% | ||
| • Metro | 3,524.4 sq mi (9,128 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) | ||
| Highest elevation | 934 ft (285 m) | ||
| Lowest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • City and county | 805,235 | ||
| • Estimate (2016) | 870,887 | ||
| • Rank | 13th, U.S. | ||
| • Density | 18,581/sq mi (7,174/km2) | ||
| • Metro | 4,679,166 (11th) | ||
| • CSA | 8,751,807 (5th) | ||
| Demonym(s) | San Franciscan | ||
| Time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7) | ||
| ZIP Codes | 94102–94105, 94107–94112, 94114–94134, 94137, 94139–94147, 94151, 94158–94161, 94163–94164, 94172, 94177, 94188 | ||
| Area codes | 415/628 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-67000 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 277593, 2411786 | ||
| Website | www |
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San Francisco (initials SF) (/sæn frənˈsɪskoʊ/, Spanish for Saint Francis; Spanish: [san franˈsisko]), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. Located at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula, San Francisco is about 47.9 square miles (124 km2) in area, making it the smallest county—and the only consolidated city-county—within the state of California. With a density of about 18,581 people per square mile (7,174 people per km2), San Francisco is the most densely settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in California and the second-most densely populated major city in the United States after New York City. San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in California, after Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose, and the 13th-most populous city in the United States—with a census-estimated 2016 population of 870,887. The city and its surrounding areas are known as the San Francisco Bay Area, and are a part of the larger OMB-designated San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland combined statistical area, the fifth most populous in the nation with an estimated population of 8.7 million.
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