San Francisco

San Francisco, offeecially the Ceety an Coonty o San Francisco, is the fowert maist populous ceety in Californie an the 12t maist populous ceety in the Unitit States, wi a 2009 estimatit population o 815,358.^[10] The anerlie consolidated ceety-coonty in Californie,^[11] it encompasses a land aurie o 46.7 square miles (121 km2)^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14]

For ither uises, see San Francisco (disambiguation).

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)[1][2][3] The City that Knows How (antiquated)[4] Baghdad by the Bay (antiquated)[5] The Paris o the Wast[6]
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
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Californie
Founded	29 Juin 1776
Incorporatit	15 Aprile 1850[7]
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 [8]
• 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)[8][9]	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.^[15] 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,^[16] 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.^[17] 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,^[18] 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,^[19] 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.