| San Francisco, a city in western
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| | District; and numerous banks and
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| California is coextensive with San
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| | corporate office buildings, including the
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| Francisco County. Famous for its
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| | home office of the Bank of America, one
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| beautiful setting, San Francisco is
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| | of the largest banks in the world.
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| primarily located on the northern tip of
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| | Tourism is also important to the city's
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| a peninsula at the entrance to San
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| | economy. The San Francisco region is
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| Francisco Bay. It is bordered by the
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| | also home to many companies developing
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| Pacific Ocean on the west, the strait
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| | computer software and hardware. Several
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| known as Golden Gate on the north, San
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| | national apparel manufacturers also have
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| Francisco Bay on the east, and San Bruno
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| | headquarters in the city.EDUCATIONAL AND
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| Mountain on the south. Alcatraz, Angel,
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| | CULTURAL INSTITUTIONSThe main
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| Farallon, Treasure, and Yerba Buena
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| | institutions of higher education in San
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| islands are part of the
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| | Francisco are San Francisco State
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| city.POPULATIONThe population of San
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| | University (1899), the University of San
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| Francisco increased from 678,974 in 1980
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| | Francisco (1855), Golden Gate University
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| to 723,959 in 1990; the population was
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| | (1853), the University of California-San
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| 735,315 in 1996. According to the 1990
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| | Francisco (1864), the New College of
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| census, whites constitute 53.6 percent of
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| | California (1971), the University of
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| San Francisco's population; Asians and
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| | California Hastings College of Law
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| Pacific Islanders, 29.1 percent; blacks,
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| | (1878), the San Francisco Art Institute
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| 10.9 percent; and Native Americans, 0.5
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| | (1871), the Academy of Art College
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| percent. Hispanics, who may be of any
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| | (1929), the San Francisco Conservatory of
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| race, represent 13.3 percent of the
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| | Music (1917), and a large community
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| population. San Francisco is part of a
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| | college. San Francisco has many
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| major metropolitan region that also
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| | performing-arts organizations. Among the
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| includes Oakland and San Jose. The
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| | best known are the San Francisco Symphony
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| region's population increased from
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| | Orchestra, the San Francisco Ballet, the
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| 5,368,000 in 1980 to 6,253,000 in 1990,
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| | San Francisco Opera, and the American
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| reaching an estimated 6,940,000 in
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| | Conservatory Theater.For more
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| 2004.ECONOMYSan Francisco is a leading
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| | information, visit The San Francisco
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| financial and international trade center
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| | Help Center David Chandler
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| for the western United States. The
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| | For your FREE Stock Market Trading Mini
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| downtown financial district contains the
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