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Get all the San Francisco Facts straight with this quick and handy guide to the City by the Bay.

San Francisco Location: Northern Coastal California

San Francisco Population: 739,426 (4.1 Million Metro)

San Francisco Nicknames: The City by the Bay, the City by the Golden Gate, Baghdad by the Bay

San Francisco Was Founded In: 1775 by Spanish Missionary

San Francisco Industry: Tourism, Education, Bio Technology, Medicine, Shipping

San Francisco Claims to Fame: Golden Gate Bridge, Progressive Social Attitudes, Performing Arts, Trolleys, Riceroni, Alcatraz, Chinatown

San Francisco Miscellaneous: The official city tree of San Francisco is a 100-foot Monterey Cypress in front of McLaren Lodge at Kennedy Drive.