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The San Francisco Bay Area Portal. The San Francisco Bay Area (referred to locally as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses the major cities and metropolitan areas of San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland, along with smaller urban and rural areas.
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including the San Francisco Bay. The Association of Bay Area Governments defines the Bay Area as including the nine counties that border the estuaries of San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and Suisun Bay: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, and San Francisco.
The Bay Area consists of nine counties ( Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma) and 101 municipalities. [5] One, San Francisco, is a consolidated city–county. California law makes no distinction between "city" and "town", and municipalities may use either term in their official names. [6]
The Bay Area's nine counties are Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. Home to approximately 7.68 million people, the nine-county Bay Area contains many cities, towns, airports, and associated regional, state, and national parks , connected by a network of roads, highways, railroads ...
Name Type County Population (2010) Land area Incorporated sq mi km 2; Alameda: City Alameda: 73,812 10.61 27.5 April 19, 1854: Albany: City Alameda: 18,539
The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth-largest city in California, second most densely populated in the United states, and the traditional focal point of the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1776, the Spanish settled the tip of the San Francisco peninsula, establishing a fort at the Golden Gate and a mission named for Francis of Assisi.
San Francisco Bay Area portal. The main portal in this category is Portal:San Francisco Bay Area. Note. This portal navigation can be placed on articles, and is commonly placed in the See also section of an article on Wikipedia, using the following code: { {Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}} This displays as: San Francisco Bay Area portal.
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