San Francisco
San Francisco is a city in the U.S. state of California. It is famous for the Golden Gate Bridge. With a population of 744,041, San Francisco is the 13th largest city in the United States, and the 4th largest city in California behind Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose. It is in the northern part of California, between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay. The urbanized San Francisco Bay Area surrounds it. San Francisco was founded in 1776 by the Spanish conquerors. It was called "Hierba Buena" which is Spanish for "Good Herb", because a lot of mint grew there.[20] After the Mexican-American War, Yerba Buena was taken over by the United States. In 1848 it was renamed "San Francisco" and became a city in 1850. The city is famous for its many internet companies and being home to a large LGBTQ+ population.
San Francisco, California | |
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Consolidated city-county | |
| City and County of San Francisco | |
 San Francisco from the Marin Headlands | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname(s): See List of nicknames for San Francisco[1] | |
| Motto(s): Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Spanish) (English: "Gold in Peace, Iron in War") | |
| Anthem: I Left My Heart in San Francisco[2] | |
 Interactive map outlining San Francisco | |
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| Coordinates: 37°46′39″N 122°24′59″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Francisco |
| CSA | San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland |
| Metro | San Francisco–Oakland–Hayward |
| Mission | June 29, 1776[3] |
| Incorporated | April 15, 1850[4] |
| Founded by | José Joaquín Moraga Francisco Palóu |
| Named for | St. Francis of Assisi |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council |
| • Body | Board of Supervisors |
| • Mayor | London Breed (D)[5] |
| • Supervisors[6] | List
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| • Assembly members[7][8] | David Chiu (D) Phil Ting (D) |
| • State senator | Scott Wiener (D)[9] |
| • United States Representatives[10][11] | Nancy Pelosi (D) Jackie Speier (D) |
| Area | |
| • City and county | 231.89 sq mi (600.59 km2) |
| • Land | 46.9 sq mi (121.48 km2) |
| • Water | 184.99 sq mi (479.11 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 | |
| • City and county | 873,965 |
| • Rank | 17th in the United States 4th in California |
| • Density | 18,634.65/sq mi (7,194.31/km2) |
| • Metro | 4,749,008 (12th) |
| Demonym(s) | San Franciscan San Francisqueño/a |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (Pacific Daylight Time) |
| ZIP Codes[17] | List
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| Area codes | 415/628[18] |
| FIPS code | 06-67000 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 277593, 2411786 |
| GDP (2019)[19] | City—$203.5billion
MSA—$591.9 billion (4th) CSA—$1.086 trillion (3rd) |
| Website | sf.gov |
Climate
San Francisco has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb in the Köppen climate classification). The record high temperature is 41.1 °C (106 °F) on September 1, 2017. The record low temperature is -4.4 °C (24 °F) on December 9, 1972.
| Climate data for San Francisco (1981-2010, Sun 1961-1974, Extremes 1874-) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
34.4 (93.9) |
38.3 (100.9) |
39.4 (102.9) |
39.4 (102.9) |
36.7 (98.1) |
41.1 (106.0) |
38.9 (102.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
41.1 (106.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.6 (61.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
9.6 (49.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
10.4 (50.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
2.2 (36.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
— | 6.7 (44.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
5.0 (41.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 114.3 (4.50) |
113.3 (4.46) |
82.8 (3.26) |
37.1 (1.46) |
17.8 (0.70) |
4.1 (0.16) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.5 (0.06) |
5.3 (0.21) |
28.4 (1.12) |
80.3 (3.16) |
115.8 (4.56) |
600.7 (23.65) |
| Average rainy days | 11.7 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 73.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 185.9 | 207.7 | 269.1 | 309.3 | 325.1 | 311.4 | 313.3 | 287.4 | 271.4 | 247.1 | 173.4 | 160.6 | 3,061.7 |
| Source 1: NOAA[21][22] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Intellicast[23] | |||||||||||||
City center of San Francisco
References
- Garling, Caleb (June 30, 2013). "Don't Call It Frisco: The History of San Francisco's Nicknames". The Bold Italic. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- Museum of San Francisco, retrieved June 17, 2020.
- Edward F. O'Day (October 1926). "The Founding of San Francisco". San Francisco Water. Spring Valley Water Authority. Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- "San Francisco: Government". SFGov.org. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
San Francisco was incorporated as a City on April 15th, 1850 by act of the Legislature.
- "Office of the Mayor : Home". City & County of San Francisco. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- "Board of Supervisors". City and County of San Francisco. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- "Communities of Interest – City". California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
- "Members Assembly". California State Assembly. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
- "Statewide Database". UC Regents. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- "Communities of Interest – City". California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
- "Directory of Representatives". U.S. House of Representatives.
- "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- "San Francisco". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- "Elevations and Distances in the United States". US Geological Survey. April 29, 2005. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- "QuickFacts: San Francisco city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- "ZIP Codes for City of San Francisco, CA". 2010 United States census. 2010. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Zip-Codes.com.
- "NPA City Report". North American Numbering Plan Administration. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- "GDP by County, Metro, and Other Areas; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)".
- "Yerba Buena Renamed San Francisco - 1847". www.sfmuseum.org.
- http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/monthdisp.php?stn=KSFO&p=temperature&mon=12&wfo=mtr&year=2017
- https://web.archive.org/web/20061007193700/http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mtr
- "Intellicast - Weather Underground". www.wunderground.com.
Other websites
- San Francisco Hotels Archived 2008-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
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