San Francisco is most densely settled large city in California and the second-most densely
populated major city in the United States after New York city. San Francisco is the
fourth-most populous city in California . The city and its surrounding areas are knows as the San Francisco Bay Area , and area a part of the larger OMB -designated San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland combined statistical area the fifth most populous in the nation with and
estimated population of 8.7 million San Francisco was founded on june 29 ,1776 when colonist from Spain established Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate and Mission
San Francisco de Asis named for St Francis of Assisi a is know for its cool summers , fog ,steep rolling hills , eclectic mix of architecture , and landmarks , cable cars , the former Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary Fisherman 's wharf and its chinatown district.
