Fresno, California

Fresno is the largest inland city in U.S. state of California. It has a population of 542,107 people (as of 2020).^[7] If the surrounding suburbs are included, it has a population near 1 million. It is the county seat of Fresno County, in the Central Valley.

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Fresno, California
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Clockwise: Fresno skyline from Chukchansi Park; San Joaquin Light & Power Tower; Warnor's Theatre; Brix Mansion; Bank of Italy Building; Fresno at twilight.
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Coordinates: 36°45′N 119°46′W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Fresno
Region	San Joaquin Valley
Railway station	1872
Incorporated	October 21, 1885[1]
Named for	Spanish for "ash tree"
Area [2]
• City	116.00 sq mi (300.43 km2)
• Land	114.79 sq mi (297.30 km2)
• Water	1.21 sq mi (3.13 km2)
Elevation	308 ft (94 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• City	542,107
• Rank	34th in the United States 5th in California
• Density	4,722.60/sq mi (1,823.43/km2)
• Metro [4]	1,008,654 (56th)
Demonym	Fresnan
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Codes[5]	93650, 93701–93712, 93714–93718, 93720–93730, 93737, 93740, 93741, 93744, 93745, 93747, 93750, 93755, 93760, 93761, 93764, 93765, 93771–79, 93786, 93790–94, 93844, 93888
Area code	559
FIPS code	06-27000[6]
GNIS feature IDs	277606, 2410546
Website	www.fresno.gov

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Fresno is the closest major city to Yosemite National Park. Fresno has a major airport called Fresno Yosemite International Airport that has many flights by many airlines everyday. It was the first airport to use the new security systems made after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Fresno has a semi-arid climate (Bsh in the Koeppen climate classification).

The majority of Fresno's immigrants are from Mexico, India, Laos, the Philippines and Thailand.^[8]