San Francisco
The centerpiece of the Bay Area, San Francisco is one of the most visited cities in the world, and with good reason. The cultural center of northern California, San Francisco is renowned for its mixture of scenic beauty and unique culture that makes it one of the most vibrant and desirable cities in the nation, if not the world.Photo: Noahnmf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Popular Destinations
Golden Gate
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With some of the most beautiful scenery and intact natural environments in the city, the Golden Gate area is the spectacular northern tip of the San Francisco peninsula.
Chinatown-North Beach
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Chinatown-North Beach in San Francisco combines two adjoining neighbors, both of which are among the city's most popular immigrant neighborhoods.
Civic Center-Tenderloin
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As the name implies, the Civic Center is the primary center of government within San Francisco, housing many important civic institutions.
Destinations
Fisherman's Wharf
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San Francisco's most popular destination among travelers, Fisherman's Wharf is the tourist center of the city.
The Avenues
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Lush Golden Gate Park, foggy Sunset, hilly Richmond, and the steep cliffs of Lands End make up The Avenues of western San Francisco.
Union Square-Financial District
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Union Square-Financial District is an area of Downtown San Francisco, made up of two neighborhoods: the bustling shopping and theater district surrounding Union Square, and the central business district where Market Street meets the bay.
SoMa
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SoMa, short for South of Market, is San Francisco's urban renewal district and an extension…
Mission
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The Mission District is a district of San Francisco noted for its ethnic diversity, in particular the neighborhood's large Hispanic community.
Haight
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The Haight is a district of San Francisco running along Haight Street and the famous center of San Francisco's hippie community, with a multitude of eclectic stores, coffee shops, and art that reflects this fact.
Nob Hill-Russian Hill
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Atop the hills overlooking the bay and bustling downtown San Francisco are two adjacent neighborhoods famed for their wealth, panoramic views, and the historic cable cars which still climb the steep streets of the area.
Western Addition
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A mostly residential area of San Francisco, Western Addition stretches west from downtown's Civic Center area to Arguello Boulevard north of the Panhandle parkway.
Twin Peaks-Lake Merced
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Southwestern San Francisco is made up of several hilly neighborhoods that include some of the city's highest peaks, beautiful parkland, and tranquil neighborhoods tucked in the hillsides, where you'll find spectacular views and quiet parks.
Castro-Noe Valley
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The colorful Castro is the famous gay center of San Francisco, a vibrant and historic neighborhood full of businesses geared towards the city's LGBT community.
Southeast San Francisco
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Southeast San Francisco is made up of several mostly residential neighborhoods of San Francisco…
Bernal Heights
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Bernal Heights, just south of the Mission District of San Francisco, is a cute, eclectic neighborhood that was once very working class, but is becoming quickly gentrified.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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The Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area protecting 82,116 acres of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Notable Places in the Area
Transamerica Pyramid
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The Transamerica Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern and contemporary art museum located in San Francisco, California.
Lombard Street
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Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns.
Localities in the Area
Chinatown
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The Chinatown centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, is the oldest Chinatown in North America and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside Asia.
Noe Valley
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Noe Valley is a neighborhood in the central part of San Francisco, California.
Richmond District
The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco, California, developed initially in the late 19th century.San Francisco
- Type: City with 808,000 residents
- Description: consolidated city and county in California, United States
- Postal codes: 94102-94105, 94107-94112, 94114-94127, 94129-94134, 94137, 94139-94147, 94151, 94159-94161, 94163, 94164, 94172, 94177 and 94188
- Neighbors: Alameda, Brisbane, Daly City, Richmond and Sausalito
- Categories: consolidated city-county, city in the United States, sanctuary city, big city, charter city and locality
- Location: Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.7792° or 37° 46' 45" northLongitude
-122.4193° or 122° 25' 10" westPopulation
808,000Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)Abbreviation
SFIATA airport code
SFOUnited Nations Location Code
US SFOOpen Location Code
849VQHHJ+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 26819236OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
5391959Wikidata ID
Q62San Francisco Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: San Francisco
- Afrikaans: San Francisco
- Akan: San Francisco
- Albanian: San Francisco
- Albanian: San Francisko
- Amharic: ሳን ፍራንሲስኰ
- Arabic: San Francisco
- Arabic: سان فرانسيسكو
- Arabic: مقاطعة سان فرانسيسكو، كاليفورنيا
- Arabic: مقاطعه سان فرانسيسكو، كاليفورنيا
- Aragonese: San Francisco
- Armenian: Սան Ֆրանսիսքօ
- Armenian: Սան Ֆրանցիսկո
- Arpitan: San Francisco
- Asturian: Frisco
- Asturian: San Francisco, California
- Asturian: San Francisco
- Asturian: The Golden City
- Azerbaijani: San-Fransisko
- Balinese: San Francisco
- Bambara: San Francisco
- Bashkir: Сан-Франциско
- Basque: San Francisco (Kalifornia)
- Basque: San Frantzisko (Kalifornia)
- Basque: San Frantzisko
- Bavarian: San Francisco
- Belarusian: Сан-Францыска
- Bengali: সানফ্রান্সিসকো
- Bengali: সান ফ্রান্সিস্কো
- Bhojpuri: सान फ्रान्सिस्को
- Bhojpuri: सैन फ़्रांसिस्को
- Bhojpuri: सैन फ्रांसिस्को
- Bishnupriya: সান ফ্রান্সিসকো কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া
- Bishnupriya: সান ফ্রান্সিসকো কাউন্টি
- Bosnian: San Francisco
- Breton: San Francisco
- Bulgarian: Сан Франциско
- Burmese: ဆန်ဖရန်စစ္စကိုမြို့
- Catalan: Frisco
- Catalan: San Francisco
- Cebuano: San Francisco
- Central Kurdish: سان فرانسیسکۆ
- Chavacano: San Francisco
- Chechen: Сан-Франциско
- Cheyenne: San Francisco
- Chinese: Kū-kim-soaⁿ
- Chinese: 三藩市
- Chinese: 圣佛朗西斯科
- Chinese: 圣弗兰西斯科
- Chinese: 圣弗朗西斯科
- Chinese: 旧金山
- Chinese: 旧金山市
- Chinese: 聖佛朗西斯科
- Chinese: 聖弗朗西斯科
- Chinese: 聖弗蘭西斯科
- Chinese: 舊金山
- Chinese: 舊金山市
- Chuvash: Сан-Франциско
- Cornish: San Francisco
- Corsican: San Francisco
- Crimean Tatar: San Frantsisko
- Croatian: San Francisco, California
- Croatian: San Francisco, Kalifornija
- Croatian: San Francisco
- Czech: San Francisco
- Dagbani: San Francisco
- Danish: San Francisco
- Dimli (individual language): San Francisco
- Dotyali: सान फ्रान्सिस्को
- Dutch: San Francisco
- Eastern Mari: Сан-Франциско
- Egyptian Arabic: سان فرانسيسكو
- English: Baghdad by the Bay
- English: City and County of San Francisco
- English: Frisco
- English: Paris of the West
- English: SF
- English: SFO
- English: San Fran
- English: San Francisco, CA
- English: San Francisco, California
- English: San Francisco County, California
- English: San Francisco County
- English: The City by the Bay
- English: The Golden City
- Esperanto: San-Francisko
- Esperanto: San Francisco
- Esperanto: Sanfrancisko
- Estonian: San Francisco
- Extremaduran: Frisco
- Extremaduran: SF
- Extremaduran: San Francisco, California
- Extremaduran: San Franciscu
- Extremaduran: The Golden City
- Faroese: San Francisco
- Fijian: San Francisco
- Finnish: San Francisco
- French: City and County of San Francisco
- French: Frisco
- French: SF
- French: San Fran
- French: San Francisco
- French: The City by the Bay
- French: The Golden City
- Galician: San Francisco
- Gan Chinese: 舊金山
- Georgian: სან-ფრანცისკო
- German: San Francisco
- Greek: Άγιος Φραγκίσκος
- Greek: Η χρυσή πόλη
- Greek: Σαν Φραν
- Greek: Σαν Φρανσίσκο
- Guarani: San Francisco (California)
- Guarani: San Francisco
- Gujarati: સાન ફ્રાન્સિસ્કો
- Gujarati: સેનફ્રાન્સિસ્કો
- Haitian: San Francisco, Kalifòni
- Haitian: San Francisco
- Hakka Chinese: Khiu-kîm-sân
- Hausa: Kapalakiko
- Hausa: Khiu-kîm-sân
- Hausa: San Francisco
- Hawaiian: Kapalakiko
- Hebrew: סאן פרנסיסקו
- Hebrew: סן פרנסיסקו
- Hindi: सैन फ़्रांसिस्को
- Hindi: सैन फ्रांसिस्को
- Hungarian: San Francisco
- Icelandic: San Francisco
- Ido: San Francisco
- Iloko: San Francisco
- Inari Sami: San Francisco
- Indonesian: Kota dan Kabupaten San Francisco
- Indonesian: Kota di tepi Teluk
- Indonesian: Paris dari Barat
- Indonesian: San Francisco, California
- Indonesian: San Francisco
- Ingush: Сан-Франциско
- Interlingua: San Francisco
- Interlingue: San Francisco
- Irish: San Francisco
- Italian: San Francisco
- Japanese: サンフランシスコ
- Japanese: サンフランシスコ市
- Japanese: サン・フランシスコ
- Japanese: 桑港
- Javanese: San Francisco
- Kabiyè: Sanfransiskoo
- Kabyle: San Francisco
- Kannada: ಸಾನ್ ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಸ್ಕೊ
- Kannada: ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಸ್ಕೋ
- Kannada: ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಸ್ಕೊ
- Karachay-Balkar: Сан-Франциско
- Kashmiri: سین فرٛانٛسِکو
- Kazakh: Алтын қала
- Kazakh: Сан-Франциско
- Kazakh: Сан-Франциско қаласы
- Kazakh: Сан Франсиско
- Kikuyu: San Francisco
- Kirghiz: Сан-Франциско
- Korean: 샌프란
- Korean: 샌프란시스코
- Kurdish: San Francisco
- Ladin: San Francisco
- Ladino: San Francisco
- Ladino: San Fransisko
- Lao: San Francisco
- Latin: Franciscopolis
- Latvian: Sanfrancisko
- Limburgan: San Francisco
- Lingala: San Francisco
- Literary Chinese: 舊金山
- Lithuanian: San Fransiskas
- Lombard: San Francisco
- Low German: San Francisco
- Luxembourgish: San Francisco
- Macedonian: Сан Франциско
- Malagasy: San Francisco
- Malay: San Francisco
- Malayalam: സാൻ ഫ്രാൻസിസ്കോ
- Maltese: San Francisco
- Manx: San Francisco
- Maori: Hana Parahiko
- Maori: Hana Paraniko
- Maori: San Francisco
- Marathi: सॅन फ्रान्सिस्को
- Min Dong Chinese: Gô-gĭng-săng
- Min Nan Chinese: San Francisco
- Mingrelian: სან-ფრანცისკო
- Mongolian: Сан-Франциско
- Nauru: San Francisco
- Navajo: Naʼníʼá Hóneezí
- Nepali: सान फ्रान्सिस्को
- Nepali: स्यान फ्रान्सिस्को, क्यालिफोर्निया
- Newari: स्यान फ्रान्सिस्को (क्यालिफोर्निया)
- Newari: स्यान फ्रान्सिस्को, क्यालिफोर्निया
- Newari: स्यान फ्रान्सिस्को
- Northern Frisian: San Francisco
- Northern Luri: سان فرانسیسکو
- Norwegian: San Francisco
- Norwegian Bokmål: San Francisco
- Norwegian Nynorsk: San Francisco
- Occitan (post 1500): San Francisco
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Hālgafrancis
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): San Francisco
- Ossetian: Сан-Франциско
- Pampanga: San Francisco, California
- Pampanga: San Francisco
- Panjabi: ਸਾਨ ਫ਼ਰਾਂਸਿਸਕੋ
- Panjabi: ਸੈਨ ਫਰਾਂਸਿਸਕੋ
- Panjabi: ਸੈਨ ਫ਼ਰਾਂਸਿਸਕੋ
- Papiamento: San Francisco, California
- Papiamento: San Francisco
- Pennsylvania German: San Francisco
- Persian: سان فرانسیسکو
- Picard: San Francisco
- Piemontese: San Francisco
- Polish: San Francisco
- Portuguese: Cidade e Condado de São Francisco
- Portuguese: San Francisco
- Portuguese: São Francisco
- Pushto: سان فرانسسکو
- Quechua: San Francisco
- Romanian: San Francisco
- Romanian: Сан Франциско
- Russian: Сан-Франциско, Калифорния
- Russian: Сан-Франциско
- Santali: ᱥᱟᱱ ᱯᱷᱨᱟᱱᱥᱤᱥᱠᱳ
- Sardinian: San Francisco
- Saterfriesisch: San Francisco
- Scots: San Francisco
- Scottish Gaelic: San Francisco
- Serbian: Сан Франциско
- Serbo-Croatian: San Francisco
- Sicilian: San Franciscu
- Silesian: San Francisco
- Sinhala: සැන් ෆ්රැන්සිස්කෝ
- Slovak: San Francisco
- Slovenian: San Francisco
- Somali: San Fransisko
- South Azerbaijani: سان فرانسیسکو
- South Azerbaijani: سانفرانسیسکو
- Spanish: Ciudad y Condado de San Francisco
- Spanish: La Ciudad De La Bahía
- Spanish: La Ciudad Dorada
- Spanish: La Ciudad Junto a la Bahía
- Spanish: París del Oeste
- Spanish: SF
- Spanish: San Francisco
- Spanish: San Francisco (California)
- Spanish: San Francisco CA
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴼⵔⵉⵙⴽⵓ
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵙⴰⵏ ⴼⵔⴰⵏ
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵙⴰⵏ ⴼⵔⴰⵏⵙⵉⵙⴽⵓ
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵎⴷⵉⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵡⵓⵔⵖⵜ
- Swahili: San Francisco
- Swedish: SF
- Swedish: SFO
- Swedish: San Francisco, Kalifornien
- Swedish: San Francisco
- Swiss German: San Francisco
- Tachelhit: San Francisco
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng San Francisco
- Tagalog: San Francisco, California
- Tagalog: San Francisco
- Tahitian: San Francisco
- Tajik: Сан-Франсиско
- Tajik: Сан Франсиско
- Talysh: San Fransisko
- Tamil: சான் ஃபிரான்சிஸ்கோ
- Tamil: சான் பிரான்சிசுக்கோ
- Tamil: சான் பிரான்சிஸ்கோ
- Tamil: சான் பிரான்ஸிஸ்கோ
- Tamil: ஸேன் ஃப்ரான்ஸிஸ்கோ
- Tatar: San-Frantsisko
- Tatar: Сан-Франциско
- Telugu: శాన్ ఫ్రాన్సిస్కో
- Telugu: సాన్ ఫ్రాన్సిస్కో
- Thai: ซานฟรานซิสโก
- Tibetan: སན་ཧྥུ་རན་སིས་ཁོ
- Tosk Albanian: San Francisco
- Turkish: San Francisco, Kaliforniya
- Turkish: San Francisco
- Turkmen: San-Fransisko
- Twi: San Francisco
- Udmurt: Сан-Франциско
- Uighur: San Fransisko
- Ukrainian: Сан-Франциско
- Ukrainian: Сан-Франціско
- Urdu: سان فرانسسکو
- Uzbek: San Francisco
- Uzbek: San Fransisko
- Venetian: San Francisco
- Veps: San Francisko
- Vietnamese: Cựu Kim Sơn
- Vietnamese: San Francisco
- Vietnamese: Xăng Phăng
- Vlax Romani: San Francisco
- Volapük: San Francisco
- Waray (Philippines): San Francisco
- Welsh: San Francisco
- Western Armenian: Սան Ֆրանսիսքօ
- Western Frisian: San Francisco
- Western Frisian: San Fransisko
- Western Mari: Сан-Франциско
- Western Panjabi: سان فرانسسکو
- Wu Chinese: 旧金山
- Yakut: Сан Франсиско
- Yiddish: סאן פראנציסקא
- Yoruba: San Francisco
- Yue Chinese: 三藩市
- Yue Chinese: 舊金山大埠
- Hana Panahiko
- New Albion
- San Fransisco
- Yerba Buena
- ma tomo Sanpansiko
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