San Francisco

San Francisco

US
Population873,965
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of 46.9 square miles at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area, the fifth-largest urban region in the U.S., had a 2023 estimated population of over nine million.

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Treasure Island Naval Station

Treasure Island Naval Station

The Administration Building, Treasure Island, on Treasure Island, California, is a Moderne style building designed by William Peyton Day and …

Museum of the African Diaspora

Museum of the African Diaspora

The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco, California. MoAD holds exhibitions and …

California Historical Society Museum & Bookstore

California Historical Society Museum & Bookstore

The California Historical Society (CHS) was the official historical society of California, until it dissolved and transferred its collections to …

San Francisco Railway Museum

San Francisco Railway Museum

The San Francisco Railway Museum is a local railway museum located in the South of Market area of San Francisco. …

Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye

Truhlsen-Marmor Museum of the Eye

Musée Mécanique

Musée Mécanique

The Musée Mécanique ([my.ze me.ka.nik], "Mechanical Museum") is a for-profit interactive museum of 20th-century penny arcade games and artifacts, located …

Dragon's Gate

Dragon's Gate

The Dragon Gate ("Chinatown Gate" on some maps) is a south-facing gate at the intersection of Bush Street and Grant …

Mission District

Mission District

The Mission District (Spanish: Distrito de la Misión), commonly known as the Mission (Spanish: La Misión), is a neighborhood in …

North Beach

North Beach

North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill. …

Russian Hill

Russian Hill

San Francisco Ferry Building

San Francisco Ferry Building

The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay, a food hall …

Salesforce Tower

Salesforce Tower

Salesforce Tower, formerly known as Transbay Tower, is a 61-story supertall skyscraper at 415 Mission Street, between First and Fremont …

Transamerica Pyramid

Transamerica Pyramid

The Transamerica Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped 48-story modernist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building …

Balmy Alley

Balmy Alley

Balmy Alley (formally Balmy Street) is a one-block-long alley that is home to the most concentrated collection of murals in …

Lands End

Lands End

Lands End is a park in San Francisco within the larger Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It is also the …

Sutro Baths

Sutro Baths

The Sutro Baths was a large, privately owned public saltwater swimming pool complex in the Lands End area of the …

Muir Woods National Monument

Muir Woods National Monument

Muir Woods National Monument ( MURE) is a United States national monument managed by the National Park Service and named …

Angel Island State Park

Angel Island State Park

San Francisco Zoo

San Francisco Zoo

The San Francisco Zoo and Gardens is a 100-acre (40 ha) zoo located on the West Side of San Francisco, …

Castro Theatre

Castro Theatre

The Castro Theatre is a historic movie palace in the Castro District of San Francisco, California. The venue became San …

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