San Francisco

The anerlie consolidated ceety-coonty in Californie, it encompasses a land aurie o 46.7 square miles (121 km2) 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. 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.

San Francisco
Ceety an coonty
Ceety an Coonty o San Francisco
San Francisco frae the Marin Heidlands, with the Gowden Gate Brig in the foregroond
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Eik-name(s):  The Ceety bi the Bay Fog Ceety Frisco (deprecated) The City that Knows How (antiquated) Baghdad by the Bay (antiquated) The Paris o the Wast
Motto(s):  Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Spanish for "Gowd in Peace, Iron in War")
Location o San Francisco
San Francisco Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 37°46′45.48″N 122°25′9.12″W / 37.7793000°N 122.4192000°W / 37.7793000; -122.4192000 122°25′9.12″W / 37.7793000°N 122.4192000°W / 37.7793000; -122.4192000
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Californie
Founded	29 Juin 1776
Incorporatit	15 Aprile 1850
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 Eric Mar Mark Farrell David Chiu Carmen Chu Christina Olague Jane Kim Sean Elsbernd Scott Wiener David Campos Malia Cohen John Avalos
• 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  (2010)	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

In 1776, the Spaingie establisht a fort at the Golden Gate an a mission namit for Francis o Assisi on the steid. 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, 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. 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, 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, 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.