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The only consolidated city-county in California, San Francisco is the most densely settled large city...

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The only consolidated city-county in California, San Francisco is the most densely settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated major city in the United States after New York City.

Population: 837.442

San Francisco is a popular tourist destination known for its cool summers, fog, steep rolling hills, eclectic mix of architecture, and landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, the former prison on Alcatraz Island, and its Chinatown district.

San Francisco is also the headquarters of five major banking institutions and various other companies such as the Gap Inc., Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Yelp, Pinterest, Twitter, Uber, Mozilla and Craigslist.

San Francisco frequently hosts national touring productions of Broadway theatre shows in a number of vintage 1920s-era venues in the Theater District including the Curran, Orpheum, and Golden Gate Theatres.

San Francisco's climate is characteristic of the cool-summer Mediterranean climate of California’s coast, generally characterized by moist mild winters and dry summers.

Since it is surrounded on three sides by water, San Francisco's weather is strongly influenced by the cool currents of the Pacific Ocean.Fog is a regular feature of San Francisco summers. Among major U.S. cities, San Francisco has the coldest daily mean, maximum, and minimum temperatures for June, July, and August.

Temperatures reach or exceed 80 °F (27 °C) on an average of only 21 and 23 days a year at downtown. The dry period of May to October is mild to warm, with the normal monthly mean temperature peaking in September at 62.7 °F (17.1 °C). The rainy period of November to April is slightly cooler, with the normal monthly mean temperature reaching its lowest in January at 51.3 °F (10.7 °C). On average, there are 73 rainy days a year.

Source: www.usclimatedata.com/climate.

The San Francisco Municipal Railway, known as Muni, is the primary public transit system of San Francisco. Muni is the seventh-largest transit system in the United States.

The system operates both a combined light rail and subway system, the Muni Metro, and a large bus network. Additionally, it runs a historic streetcar line, which runs on Market Street from Castro Street to Fisherman's Wharf.

It also operates the famous cable cars, which have been designated as a National Historic Landmark and are a major tourist attraction.

One-way Ticket (Local Transport): 2.00 $  

Monthly Pass (Regular Price): 70.00 $

Source: http://goo.gl/4OqRZn

Golden Gate Bridge: The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait between San Francisco and Marin County to the north. The bridge took seven years to build, and was completed in 1937.

Alcatraz: Surrounded by the freezing water of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was believed to be inescapable.  Today, the island is a popular San Francisco tourist attraction and a historic site. It is operated by the National Park Service and is open to tours.

Golden Gate Park: The Golden Gate Park is a large urban park with windmills, bison, museums, lakes and a carousel among its many attractions.  A popular tourist attraction is the Japanese Tea Garden with beautiful plants, ponds, bridges, and Japanese-style structures including a tea house.

Transamerica Pyramid: Located in the heart of the Financial District., the Transamerica Pyramid is San Francisco’s other famous icon besides the Golden Gate. According to its architect, William L. Pereira, a pyramid is the ideal shape for skyscrapers, offering the advantage of letting more air and light in the streets below.

Palace of Fine Arts: The only structure remaining from the 1915 World’s Fair, the Palace of Fine Arts features a classical Roman rotunda with curved colonnades situated in an idyllic park setting with a classical European-Style lagoon.

Source: http://www.sanfrancisco.com/attractions/

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