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An Introduction to the City Of San Francisco

The City of San Francisco is the 14th mostWhen speaking about the city's climate, San
populous city in America founded in 1776 withFrancisco's climate is a characteristic of
population of 744,500 which is considered toCalifornia's Mediterranean climate with wet
on the densely populated cities in Unitedwinters and dry summers. Apart from being
States. The city's larger part of the Sansurrounded by water on three sides, the
Francisco Bay Area has nearly 7.3 millioncity's climate is strongly influenced by the
people, with diverse and cosmopolitanPacific Ocean's cold currents which tend to
population. San Francisco is located at themoderate temperature swings and produce
tip of the Peninsula, with Pacific Ocean onamazing mild climate with slight seasonal
the west, San Francisco Bay on the east andtemperature variations. Snowfall in San
The Golden Gate on the north. Today the cityFrancisco is very rare, where only ten
is considered to be one the most popularincidences were recorded. During the
international destination for tourists, andcombination of the city's high heat and cold
there are many well-known landmarks to visit,ocean water, the western half of the city is
like the Golden Gate Bridge, Cable Cars,covered by fog during early summer and
Alcatraz  Island,  China Town and Coit Tower.spring.
Based on archaeological evidences, theThe city has beautiful Ocean Beach which runs
territory of San Francisco was inhabitedalong the Pacific Ocean shoreline, but is not
around 3000BC. The Yelamu group of the Ohlonesuitable for swimming as the waters off the
people lived in many small villages, when thecoast are cold and have deadly rip currents.
Spanish exploration party arrived on NovemberThe city has amazing entertaining and
1769. A major history of the city is the Sanperforming arts center and museums. There are
Francisco earth quake on April 18, 1906 atgood public transport systems like the San
5:11am. Buildings and houses all across theFrancisco Municipal Railway, trolley buses
city rattled, causing fire accidents whichand cable car system. Bicycling is considered
burnt the city for several days. Nearly threeto be a popular mode of transportation in San
quarters of the city perished, which leftFrancisco with 40,000 residents commuting to
nearly 400,000 people homeless. Most of thework regularly by bicycle. If you love
refugees took temporary shelters in placestraveling or love to spend a wonderful time
like beaches and Golden Gate Park, but manywith your family, then you should be hitting
fled  to  East  Bay  permanently.to San Francisco.



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