History of San Francisco, California
City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population and is the fourteenth-most populous in the United States, with a 2006 estimated population of 744,041. U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed May 4, 2007. It is located on the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the focal point of the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco is the second most densely populated major city of cities greater than 200,000 population; New York City is the densest. in the United States. Information cited for cities greater than 200,000.
In 1776, the Spanish Spanish colonization of the Americas the tip of the San Francisco peninsula, establishing a Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate and a Mission San Francisco de AsÃs named for Francis of Assisi. The California Gold Rush in 1848 propelled the city into a period of rapid growth. After being devastated by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, San Francisco was quickly rebuilt.
San Francisco is renowned for its chilly summer fog, steep rolling hills, an eclectic mix of Victorian architecture and modern architecture, and its peninsular location surrounded on three sides by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. Famous landmarks include the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, the San Francisco cable car system, Coit Tower, and Chinatown, and San Francisco.
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