San Francisco is a major city in California, the centerpiece of the Bay Area, well known for its liberal community, hilly terrain, Victorian architecture, scenic beauty, summer fog, and ethnic and cultural diversity. These are just some aspects of the city that make San Francisco one of the most visited cities in the world.
San Francisco is located in a small seven by seven miles (11x11km) square of land on the tip of a peninsula between San Francisco Bay and Pacific coast. It has a population of nearly 800,000, but is the center of a metropolitan area of millions. San Francisco is one of the cities that constitute the entire San Francisco Bay. San Francisco neighbors, towns and villages east of the Bay Bridge, north of the Golden Gate Bridge, and south of the city are in separate counties, each with their own city and local government public.