November 24, 2007 at 7:59 pm
· Filed under San Francisco, Tourism
San Francisco (San Francisco) is the Spanish rule had been in the common names, named after founder of the Franciscans St. Francis (Italian “San Francesco di Assisi,” English “Saint Francis of
Assisi“).
Or “San Francisco” and “
San Francisco.”
California, the Pacific coast port, industrial and commercial cities.
Located in the Pacific and
San Francisco
Bay between the north end of the peninsula. The urban area of 116 square kilometers. Population 713,000 (1984), the largest urban area (including
Oakland,
Berkeley, etc.) 3253000 (1980). Spaniards built in the 1776, 1821 naturalization
Mexico, in 1848 an American. In the mid-19th century gold mining enthusiastic about rapid development of overseas Chinese called “Gold”, as distinct from
Australia after the
Melbourne, renamed the “
San Francisco“.

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