San Francisco is a city in the U.S. state of California.

It is famous for the Go

lden Gate Bridge. With a population of 744,041, San Francisco is the 4th largest
city in California behind Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose. It is in the no
rthern part of California, between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco was founded in 1776 by the Spanish conquerors. It was called "Yerb
a Buena" which is Spanish for "Good Herb", because mint grew there in abundance.
[10] After the Mexican-American War, Yerba Buena was taken over by the United St
ates. In 1848 it was renamed "San Francisco" and became a city in 1850. The city
is famous for its many internet companies and being home to a large gay populat
ion.
San Francisco has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb in the Kppen climate c
lassification).
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