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City of San Francisco
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2. The only consolidated city-county in California area is about 46.9 square miles (121 km²) population: 8.4 million was founded
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The only consolidated city-county in California
area is about 46.9 square miles (121 km²)
population: 8.4 million
was founded on June 29,1776
The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought rapid
growth, making it the largest city on the West
Coast at the time. Due to the growth of its
population, San Francisco became a
consolidated city-county in 1856. After threequarters of the city was destroyed by the 1906
earthquake and fire,San Francisco was quickly
rebuilt, hosting the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition nine years later.
3. Climate • San Francisco’s climate is characteristic of the cool-summer Mediter ranean climate of California’s coast, “generally
characterizedby moist mild winters and
dry summers”.
4. San Francisco occupies the tip of a peninsula halfway up the coast of northern California,surrounded on three sides by bodies
of water:the Pacific Ocean, theGolden Gate strait,and the San Francisco
Bay.The city is laid out in a grid over some 40
hills,reaching heights of nearly 1,000 feet.
5. It is the most densely settled large city (population greater then 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most
POPULATION• It is the most densely settled large city (population greater
then 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most
densely populated major city in the United States after New
York City.
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The Conservatory of Flowers inGolden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz receives 1.5
million annual visitors.
San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art
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The Transamerica Pyramid is
the tallest building in San
Francisco
Fog is a regular feature of
San Francisco summers