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.