San Francisco

City and County of San Francisco
City and County of San Francisco
	Consolidated city-county
	San Francisco from the Marin Headlands, with the Golden Gate Bridge in the foreground
Flag	Official seal of City and County of San Francisco Seal
	Nickname(s): The City by the Bay; Frisco (deprecated); The City That Knows How (antiquated); Baghdad by the Bay; The Paris of the West
	Motto(s): Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra; (Spanish for "Gold in Peace, Iron in War")
	Location of San Francisco, California
Country	United States
State	California
Founded	June 29, 1776
Incorporated	April 16, 1850
Founded by	Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga and Father Francisco Palóu
Named for	Saint Francis of Assisi
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
• Mayor	Gavin Newsom (D)
• Board of Supervisors	Supervisors
• State Assembly	Fiona Ma (D); Tom Ammiano (D)
• State Senate	Mark Leno (D); Leland Yee (D)
• U.S. House	Nancy Pelosi (D); Jackie Speier (D)
Area
• Consolidated city-county	231.92 sq mi (600.7 km2)
• Land	46.7 sq mi (121 km2)
• Water	185.2 sq mi (480 km2) 79.8%
• Metro	3,524.4 sq mi (9,128 km2)
Elevation	52 ft (16 m)
Highest elevation	925 ft (282 m)
Lowest elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Population (2008)
• Consolidated city-county	808,976
• Density	17,323/sq mi (6,688/km2)
• Urban	3,228,605
• Metro	4,203,898
• Demonym	San Franciscan
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
ZIP Code	94101–94112, 94114–94147, 94150–94170, 94172, 94175, 94177
Area code(s)	415
Website	www.sfgov.org