San Francisco

San Francisco is a city and port, coextensive with San Francisco county, located in Northernnorthern California, United States. It is situated on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. San Francisco is a western United States cultural and financial centre,center and is one of the country’s cosmopolitan cities. San Francisco is hilly, and occupies the northern tip of a peninsula. To the south are the suburbs of San Mateo county,; to its east and northeast lie the bay,; and to its west and northwest -is the Pacific Ocean.

Before the arrival of the Europeans, two groups of Native Americans resided in the San Francisco area - thearea—the Ohlone and the Miwok, whoMiwok—who were hunter-gatherers. They lived by fishing, hunting animals, and collecting shellfish, nuts, and fruit. In 1769, Gaspar de Portola headed a Spanish expedition overland to the bay, whileand in 1776, Juan de Anza arrived with a group of settlers, and they built a fort namedcalled a presidio. In 1797, a mission was established.

In the early 19th-centurynineteenth century, the bay saw the arrival of whaling ships and traders. In 1821, Mexico, which formerly included California, divided from Spain and became a republic. In 1828, Jedediah Smith crossed the Sierra Nevada mountains to get to San Francisco Bay. In 1835, an Englishman named William Richardson created a settlement by the bay called Yerba Buena. In the 1830s and early 1840s, Americans came to live in the settlement.

In 1846, the U.S.US annexed California. On July 9 July, 1846, USS Portsmouth came to San Francisco Bay, and the US flag was raised. The settlement of Yerba Buena was then renamed San Francisco (after the bay) on the 30th January 30, 1847. Then, San Francisco had a population of about 800. In 1848, James Marshall discovered gold, and news got to New York in December 1848. People flocked to San Francisco and, the population boomed., Inand in 1849, it reached 25,000.

San Francisco waterworks started in 1857. By 1853, the gold boom was concluding, and in 1859, Henry Comstock discovered silver. Unlike gold, silver extraction needed expensive equipment, and a group of ‘silver"silver barons’barons" were the major beneficiaries. A transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869. A cable car service started in Clay Street in 1873, and in 1870, San Francisco's population was almost 150,000. In 1900, the population was over 300,000.

On the 18th of April 18, 1906, the San Andreas Fault slipped about 10 feet, unleashing an earthquake estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. The tremors decimated water mains and caused fires that went on for four days, killing 3,000 people, wrecking 25,000 buildings, and leaving 250,000 homeless. The city laterwas rebuilt with an enhanced city center, thenand it hosted the Panama International Exposition nine years later. The 1930s saw growth in the city and outlying communities, as well asand the construction of the Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay Bridges.

San Francisco was the major point of embarkation for World War II’s Pacific theater. The region was used as a major arms production center. Following Pearl Harbor, the city’s Japanese residents were sent into internment camps far inland. Their neighborhoods were filled bywith Americans from the Southsouth arriving to work in the war industries. San Francisco also played a major role in the transition from World War II to the Cold War, and it hosted the 1945 conference where the U.N.United Nations Charter was drafted, drawing workers to create technology for the nuclear age.

The winter in San Francisco is rainy and mild,; the spring is sunny and temperate,; the summer is foggy and cool,; and the autumn is sunny and warm. The average low temperature is 51 °F (11 °C), and the average high is 63 °F (17 °C). Its mean rainfall, most of which happens between November and April, is about 21 inches (533 mm). Sunshine appears during two-thirds of the daylight hours.

A majorsignificant feature of the weather is the summer fog. It lies low over the city tilluntil midday. The fog is a phenomenon of temperature contrasts,. developedIt develops when warm, when moist ocean air gets in contact with the cold water welling up from the ocean along the coast.

San Francisco is occupied by the central business district, financial district, North Beach, and Chinatown. The city was expanded by fillings along the waterfront. Remnants of ships that were abandoned in 1849, lie under office buildings that areseveralare several blocks inland. Approaching the Golden Gate Bridge to the west, lies the Presidio, the two-century-old military installation that is a part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

The area is known for its parklike lawns and stands of trees. South of the Presidio is Golden Gate Park, thatwhich was once a sandy desert. Other parts of San Francisco comprises ofcomprise residential neighbourhoodsneighborhoods, from Pacific Heights, where the old, affluent families live, to Hunters Point, a predominantly African-American community. Many are flower-decked houses of pastel stucco and “painted ladies”—frame structures.

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A major feature of the weather is the summer fog. It lies low over the city till midday. The most characteristic feature of the weather, however, is the summer fog, which lies low over the city until midday, creating consternation among shivering tourists. This fog is a phenomenon of temperature contrasts, createddeveloped when warm, moist ocean air comesingets in contact with the cold water welling up from the ocean bottom along the coast.

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The area is known for its parklike lawns and stands of trees. South of the Presidio is Golden Gate Park, that reclaimedwas fromonce a onetime sandy desert. TheOther restparts of San Francisco is largely composedcomprises of residential neighbourhoods, from Pacific Heights, in whichwhere the old, wealthyaffluent families residelive, to Hunters Point, which isa predominantly an African AmericanAfrican-American community. MostMany are filled with flower-decked houses of pastel stucco and “painted ladies”—frame structures with abundant and often elegant architectural detailing, intricately coloured.

On the 18th of April 18, 1906, the San Andreas Fault slipped more thanabout 10 feet, unleashing a massivean earthquake later estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. The tremors brokedecimated water mains and triggeredcaused fires that ragedwent on for four days, killing 3,000 people, destroyingwrecking 25,000 buildings and leaving 250,000 homeless. The city later rebuilt quickly with an improvedenhanced city center, and then hosted the lavish Panama International Exposition just nine years later. The 1930s saw growth both in the city and its outlying communities, andas well as the construction of the iconic Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay Bridges.

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Then in 1846, the USA annexed California. On 9 July 1846 USS Portsmouth sailed into San Francisco Bay and sailors and marines went ashore and raised the US flag. The little settlement of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco (after the bay) on 30 January 1847. At that time San Francisco only had a population of about 800.However, in 1848 a man named James Marshall discovered gold. News of the find reached New York in December 1848. As a result, people went to San Francisco in their thousands and the population boomed. In 1849 the population of San Francisco reached 25,000.

In 1846, the U.S. annexed California. On 9 July 1846 USS Portsmouth came to San Francisco Bay and the US flag was raised. The settlement of Yerba Buena was then renamed San Francisco (after the bay) on the 30th January 1847. Then, San Francisco had a population of about 800. In 1848, James Marshall discovered gold and news got to New York in December 1848. People flocked to San Francisco and the population boomed. In 1849, it reached 25,000.

However, on 4 May 1851, San Francisco was devastated by a fire. However, the town was soon rebuilt. San Francisco waterworks beganstarted in 1857. However, byBy 1853, the gold boom was ending.concluding Then,and in 1859, Henry Comstock discovered silver. Unlike gold, the silver requiredextraction needed expensive equipment to extract soand a numbergroup of ‘silver barons’ were the main major beneficiaries. Meanwhile, businessmen dreamed of aA transcontinental railroad. It was completedfinished in 1869. During the late 19th century San Francisco continued to develop. The firstA cable car service beganstarted in Clay Street in 1873. Meanwhileand in 1870, San Francisco had a's population ofwas almost 150,000. ByIn 1900, San Francisco had athe population ofwas over 300,000.

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Before Europeans arrived two groups of Native Americans lived in the San Francisco area, the Ohlone and the Miwok. They were hunter-gatherers and they lived by hunting animals, fishing, and collecting shellfish and nuts and fruit. Much later, in 1769 Gaspar de Portola led a Spanish expedition overland and he found the bay. Then in 1776 Juan de Anza led a group of settlers to San Francisco Bay and they built a fort called a presidio. In 1797 a mission was founded.

Before the arrival of the Europeans, two groups of Native Americans resided in the San Francisco area - the Ohlone and the Miwok, who were hunter-gatherers. They lived by fishing, hunting animals, and collecting shellfish, nuts and fruit. In 1769, Gaspar de Portola headed a Spanish expedition overland to the bay, while in 1776, Juan de Anza arrived with a group of settlers, and they built a fort named a presidio. In 1797, a mission was established.

In the early 19th-century, the bay saw the arrival of whaling ships and traders came to the bay. Then inIn 1821 Mexico, (which formerly included California) broke, awaydivided from Spain and became a republic. Then inIn 1828, Jedediah Smith crossed the Sierra Nevada mountains to reachget to San Francisco Bay. AnIn 1835, an Englishman callednamed William Richardson foundedcreated a settlement by San Franciscothe bay in 1835. He called it Yerba Buena. DuringIn the 1830s and early 1840s, many Americans came to live in the new settlement.

San Francisco, officially City and County of San Francisco is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

San Francisco, city and port, coextensive with San Francisco county, northern California, U.S., located on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It is a cultural and financial centre of the western United States and one of the country’s most cosmopolitan cities.Hilly and roughly square, San Francisco occupies the northern tip of a peninsula. To its south are the bedroom suburbs of San Mateo county, to the east and northeast is the bay, and to the west and northwest lies the Pacific Ocean.

In 1846 the USA annexed the state of California. On 9 July 1846, USS Portsmouth sailed into San Francisco Bay and sailors and marines went ashore and raised the US flag. The little settlement of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco (after the bay) on 30 January 1847. At that time San Francisco only had a population of about 800. In 1848 news of the discovery of gold in the area reached New York. As a result people went to San Francisco by the thousands, and the population boomed. In 1849 the population of San Francisco reached 25,000.

Before Europeans arrived two groups of Native Americans lived in the San Francisco area, the Ohlone and the Miwok. They were hunter-gatherers and they lived by hunting animals, fishing, and collecting shellfish and nuts and fruit. Much later, in 1769 Gaspar de Portola led a Spanish expedition overland and he found the bay. Then in 1776 Juan de Anza led a group of settlers to San Francisco Bay and they built a fort called a presidio. In 1797 a mission was founded.

In the early 19th-century whaling ships and traders came to the bay. Then in 1821 Mexico (which included California) broke away from Spain and became a republic. Then in 1828, Jedediah Smith crossed the Sierra Nevada mountains to reach San Francisco Bay. An Englishman called William Richardson founded a settlement by San Francisco bay in 1835. He called it Yerba Buena. During the 1830s and early 1840s, many Americans came to live in the new settlement.

Then in 1846, the USA annexed California. On 9 July 1846 USS Portsmouth sailed into San Francisco Bay and sailors and marines went ashore and raised the US flag. The little settlement of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco (after the bay) on 30 January 1847. At that time San Francisco only had a population of about 800.However, in 1848 a man named James Marshall discovered gold. News of the find reached New York in December 1848. As a result, people went to San Francisco in their thousands and the population boomed. In 1849 the population of San Francisco reached 25,000.

However, on 4 May 1851, San Francisco was devastated by a fire. However, the town was soon rebuilt. San Francisco waterworks began in 1857. However, by 1853 the gold boom was ending. Then, in 1859 Henry Comstock discovered silver. Unlike gold, the silver required expensive equipment to extract so a number of ‘silver barons’ were the main beneficiaries. Meanwhile, businessmen dreamed of a transcontinental railroad. It was completed in 1869. During the late 19th century San Francisco continued to develop. The first cable car service began in Clay Street in 1873. Meanwhile in 1870 San Francisco had a population of almost 150,000. By 1900 San Francisco had a population of over 300,000.

On April 18, 1906, the San Andreas Fault slipped more than 10 feet, unleashing a massive earthquake later estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. The tremors broke water mains and triggered fires that raged for four days, killing 3,000 people, destroying 25,000 buildings and leaving 250,000 homeless. The city rebuilt quickly with an improved city center and hosted the lavish Panama International Exposition just nine years later. The 1930s saw growth both in the city and its outlying communities, and the construction of the iconic Golden Gate and San Francisco Bay Bridges.

San Francisco was the main point of embarkation for World War II’s Pacific theater, and the region became a major arms production center. After Pearl Harbor, the city’s Japanese residents were forced into internment camps far inland. Their abandoned neighborhood was soon filled by African-Americans arriving from the South to work in the war industries. The city also played a key role in the transition from World War II to the Cold War, hosting the 1945 conference at which the U.N. Charter was drafted and continuing to draw workers to develop technologies for the nuclear age.

Winter in San Francisco is rainy and mild, spring sunny and temperate, summer foggy and cool, and autumn sunny and warm. The average minimum temperature is 51 °F (11 °C), and the average maximum is 63 °F (17 °C). The mean rainfall, almost all of which occurs between November and April, is about 21 inches (533 mm). There is sunshine during two-thirds of the possible daylight hours.

The most characteristic feature of the weather, however, is the summer fog, which lies low over the city until midday, creating consternation among shivering tourists. This fog is a phenomenon of temperature contrasts, created when warm, moist ocean air comesin contact with cold water welling up from the ocean bottom along the coast.

The central business district, the financial district, North Beach, and Chinatown occupy the site of the gold-rush city, which subsequently was expanded by progressive fillings along the waterfront. The remnants of many ships that were deserted in 1849 now lie under office buildings several blocks inland. To the west, at the approach to the Golden Gate Bridge, lies the Presidio, a two-century-old military installation that became part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 1994;

it is remarkable for its parklike lawns and wind-sculptured

stands of trees. South of the Presidio is Golden Gate Park, reclaimed from a onetime sandy desert. The rest of San Francisco is largely composed of residential neighbourhoods, from Pacific Heights, in which the old, wealthy families reside, to Hunters Point, which is predominantly an African American community. Most are filled with flower-decked houses of pastel stucco and “painted ladies”—frame structures with abundant and often elegant architectural detailing, intricately coloured.

In 1846 the USA annexed the state of California. On 9 July 1846, USS Portsmouth sailed into San Francisco Bay and sailors and marines went ashore and raised the US flag. The little settlement of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco (after the bay) on 30 January 1847. At that time San Francisco only had a population of about 800. In 1848 news of the discovery of gold in the area reached New York. As a result people went to San Francisco by the thousands, and the population boomed. In 1849 the population of San Francisco reached 25,000.

In 1846 the USA annexed the state of California. On 9 July 1846, USS Portsmouth sailed into San Francisco Bay and sailors and marines went ashore and raised the US flag. The little settlement of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco (after the bay) on 30 January 1847. At that time San Francisco only had a population of about 800. In 1848 news of the discovery of gold in the area reached New York. As a result people went to San Francisco in theirby the thousands, and the population boomed. In 1849 the population of San Francisco reached 25,000.