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Place Name
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San Francisco County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Population
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723,959 (1990)
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Location
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San Mateo County, California (CA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°48'N
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Longitude
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122°33'W
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San Francisco
, county (
232 sq mi/601 sq km; 1990 pop.
723,959), W Calif., at N end of San Francisco-Santa Cruz Peninsula;
37°48'N 122°33'W. Calif.'s smallest co., with
47 sq mi/121 sq km in land area,
with remainder
185 sq mi/480 sq km in water
area. Fish, nursery prods. Co. is coterminous with the city of San
Francisco, but the 2 are politically separate, having separate
functions. Bounded by Pacific Ocean on W, Golden Gate Strait on N, San
Francisco Bay on E; San Mateo co. on S. Co. and city include Alcatraz,
Treasure and Yerba Buena Isls. in San Francisco Bay, and the Farlallon
Isls. (Natl. Wildlife Refuge) 25 mi/40 km to
W, in Pacific. Includes part of Golden Gate Natl. Rec. Area on W shore
and Alcatraz Isl.; Fort Point Natl. Historical Site in N. L. Merced
reservoir in SW.
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