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San Francisco A visit to San Francisco

A visit to San Francisco
www.sfcvb.org
http://gocalif.ca.gov
San Francisco is considered one of the most Architecture, museums and beautiful nature are
charming and beautifully situated cities in the other benefits from a trip here, and if you want to
United States, and once you get there you leave the city behind, it's not far across the Golden
understand why. Gate Bridge to natural parks with some of the
most stunning landscapes in the United States.
You will recognise many sights when you arrive in
San Francisco. The steep streets, the cable cars, the Have a great trip!
prison island Alcatraz, and last but no least the
Golden Gate Bridge are landmarks that have been
featured in countless Hollywood movies and are
known to most people.


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San Francisco Historical outline

California, and massive immigration began. During
Historical outline the years 1848-1849, the city's population rose
from 1,000 to 25,000, many of whom were
The San Francisco area has been inhabited for
Chinese seeking employment in the mines. The
thousands of years, and before the European
large number of Chinese immigrants formed the
presence, 10.000 Native Americans are thought to
basis of San Francisco's Chinatown, which is to
have lived here. The many tribes along the
this day strongly influenced by Chinese culture and
Western coast were later collectively referred to as
tradition.
Ohlone, the Western people.
Many large companies were founded in the latter
The Spaniards arrived at the present San Francisco
part of the 19th Century, including Levi Strauss &
area in 1542, but on this occasion and through the
Co. and Wells Fargo Bank. The rising number of
following centuries no European settlement took
wealthy inhabitants such as the railway millionaire,
place here.
Leland Stanford, built impressive residences on
Nob Hill. San Francisco was the United States'
Led by Gaspar de Portolà, Spaniards arrived in
largest city West of the Mississippi, and for a brief
1770 to the area around the bay and declared it
period it was also the state capital.
Spanish territory. Six years later Juan Bautista de
Anza founded the Christian Mission Dolores,
Towards the 20th Century, urban planning on a
originally called Mission San Francisco de Asis.
larger scale had become necessary. The city had
grown rapidly from the gold rush, with a chaotic
In 1702 George Vancouver established the
infrastructure as the consequence. Mayor James
settlement of Yerba Buena, the present city centre,
Phelan established sewers and developed the first
which became a hub for various traders, primarily
plan for the future city, which he envisioned as a
from England and Russia. There were many
sort of Paris by the Pacific.
Russians in the area, as Russia had colonised the
area from Alaska southwards.
In 1906 the city was hit by an earthquake
measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale. Approximately
Over the years the Spanish rule weakened, and in
80% of the city was destroyed, including most of
1821 the area became part of the independent
the city centre. An immense reconstruction was
Mexico before the Mission Dolores ceased in 1833.
initiated, and already by 1915 the city hosted the
An increasing number of non-Spanish speakers
great American exhibition to celebrate the opening
came to Yerba Bueno, and from 1822 the English
of the Panama Canal, which showed the world
William Richardson launched an extensive urban
that the city had regained its former glory.
development.
By this regeneration, San Francisco had created
After the war between the United States and
the basis of another boom and in spite of the
Mexico in 1846-1847, the Mexicans were forced
1930's depression, large-scale projects were
South and California became part of the United
completed. The city's isolated position on the
States. In 1847 the city was officially named San
peninsula was changed in 1936 and 1937 when
Francisco.
respectively the Oakland Bay Bridge and the
Golden Gate Bridge opened.
The deserted stretch of land on the windswept
peninsula didn't have the resources for a large
growth, but already by 1848 the gold rush came to


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San Francisco Historical outline

During the World War II San Francisco became In 1989 the San Francisco area was hit by an
an important port in connection with the Pacific earthquake with an epicentre 100km South of the
War, and in 1945 the United Nations was founded city, causing huge devastations, including the
at a conference here. The formal peace agreement collapse of several stretches of elevated highway.
between the United States and Japan was also
signed here in 1951. During the 1980's the city's skyline changed
dramatically with the construction of several
With its mixed population and rapid development, skyscrapers in the Financial District. The
San Francisco had often been a hotspot for development was rapid, and towards the end of
cultural change, and this also happened in the last the Century many IT companies were established
half of the 20th Century. The city became the focal here, causing an influx of wealth and inhabitants,
point of the worldwide hippie wave and other until the dotcom bubble burst in 2001. Many
alternative cultures, which influenced the music companies closed down, and the population
and caused the city to sprout leading names such decreased by 250,000. In later years the city is on a
as Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead. cultural come-back and as prepared as ever to
receive tourists with its scenic location and many
Later on, in the 1980's and 1990's, the city became entertainment options.
the centre of the American punk and trash metal
music, and politically speaking the city was very
liberal by American standards. This was also the
period when the city's liberal attitude to
homosexuals gained it the reputation as the
country's capital for this group. A large number of
homosexuals moved to the city from the 1960's
onwards and made their mark, especially on the
Castro neighbourhood.


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San Francisco Tour 1: San Francisco

The present cathedral, constructed 1967 - 1970, is
Tour 1: San Francisco the third St. Mary's in San Francisco. The first,
Old St. Mary's, was built in California Street in
1. St. Mary’s Cathedral 1854 and the second on Van Ness Avenue in 1891.
It burned down in 1962 and was replaced by the
present, third cathedral.

2. Japantown & Japan Center
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California/O’Farrell/Fillmore/Laguna
www.sfjapantown.org
Japantown is the area of San Francisco with the
highest concentration of Japanese immigrants and
their descendents. A total of over 12,000
inhabitants of Japanese descent influence the area
Gough Street 1111 with its ethnic shops and restaurants and the
www.stmarycathedralsf.org Japanese culture.
St. Mary’s Cathedral is a popular sight, not least
due to the building's interesting modern
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The area of Japantown was created after the The main doors are adapted copies of 15th
earthquake and the following fire in 1906, that left Century Florentine doors.
whole neighbourhoods deserted. It's enclosed by
the California, O'Farrell, Fillmore and Laguna Construction of the cathedral began shortly after
Streets. Centrally located is the Japan Center, a the 1906 earthquake, but the majority of the
culture and entertainment centre, where a modern building is from the 1960's.
five-storey pagoda can be seen.
5. The San Franciscos cable cars/
3. Haas-Lilienthal House Cable Car Barn
Franklin Street 2007
www.sfheritage.org/house.html
The beautiful Haas-Lilienthal House was built in
1886 in the Victorian Queen Anne style. It is the
only home that has been preserved with its original
furnishings from the time, and it is open to the
public as a museum.

The house is a unique opportunity to see one of
the beautifully built houses with rich indoor
ornamentation and to experience the interior
decoration and crafts of the era. The Haas- Mason Street 1201
Lilienthal House was inhabited by descendents of www.sfcablecar.com
the original family up to 1972. www.cablecarmuseum.org
The San Francisco cable cars are one of the city's
4. Grace Cathedral most charming and popular icons. The cable cars
scramble up and down the steep streets, passing
one interesting view after the other.

The cable cars are pulled by large cables from
central points such as the Cable Car Barn, where
you can see the great pullies and machinery that
pulls the carriages. Cable Car Barn was built in
1907 and is today both a working part of the cable
car network and a museum over the San Francisco
cable car's history.

California Street 1100 The history of the cable cars began in 1869, when
www.gracecathedral.org the English Andrew Hallidie witnessed an accident
Grace Cathedral is one of the largest neo-Gothic with the horse-pulled carriages. The accident
church buildings in the USA. It was constructed caused the death of five horses, and Hallidie
with clear inspiration from the Notre Dame wanted to prevent repetitions of the accident. In
Cathedral in Paris and other great French churches, 1873 he opened the first cable car line near the
for example in the beautiful glass mosaic rose peak of Nob Hill, and the network developed
window. from here.


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Several lines were closed down over the years, and 7. Coit Tower
many were replaced by busses. In the 1980's the
old carriages and the remaining lines were restored,
and the carriages were put in operation in mint
condition, acting as pure tourist magnets.

6. Chinatown

Telegraph Hill Boulevard 1
At the top of Telegraph Hill is the Coit Tower, a
monument to the city's volunteer fire brigade. It
was built in 1933, following a donation from the
private individual Lillie Hitchcock Coit after
Chinatown
whom it is named. The architect is Arthur Brown
San Francisco's Chinatown is the largest Chinese
Jr., who also built the City Hall.
settlement in Northern America, with more than
100,000 inhabitants of Chinese descent. The
The observation deck of the Coit Tower boasts an
landmark of the area, the Chinese dragon gate, is
excellent view of San Francisco and both of the
located at the Southern entrance to the district.
great bridges, the Golden Gate Bridge and the
Oakland Bay Bridge.
In Chinatown you can feel transported to China,
surrounded by Chinese shops, restaurants and
cultural institutions such as the Chinese Culture 8. San Francisco Art Institute
Center, which exhibits Chino-American art. The Chestnut Street 800
area also features a few temple buildings in www.sfai.edu
traditional Chinese style. The San Francisco Art Institute is a very lively
exhibition space to visit. Exciting and experimental
work is still taking place, as well as changing
exhibitions.


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9. Lombard Street Lombard Street is also known as the most winding
street in the USA. The steep street descends in
hairpin turns between the Victorian houses, with
an impressive eight turns in a few hundred metres.

It is amusing to walk or drive down the street, and
there are many beautiful flowers throughout the
summer season. From Lombard Street there are
also good opportunities to watch the city's old
cable cars rumbling by.

10. Filbert Street
Filbert Street
If you really want to experience the infamous steep
streets of San Francisco, you should take a trip
down Filbert Street. On the stretch between Hyde
Street and Leavenworth, Filbert Street is the
steepest in San Francisco, with a slope of 31.5%
on this particular stretch.

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Today the park offers beautiful landscaping as well
Tour 2: San Francisco as a series of historical buildings. There are also
several opportunities for activities, such as cycling.

11. The Palace of Fine Arts Theatre 13. Golden Gate Bridge

Lyon Street 3301
www.palaceoffinearts.org
The Palace of Fine Arts Theatre was built in 1913-
1915 as one of the buildings for the great
American exhibition to celebrate the opening of
the Panama Canal. After many years of use, the
Golden Gate Bridge, 4 km NW
building was almost entirely reconstructed in the
www.goldengate.org
years before 1975.
The Golden Gate Bridge spans the entrance to the
San Francisco Bay from the Pacific. It's a landmark
The area outside the theatre is very charming, and
for San Francisco and one of the most famous
shows, concerts, speeches etc. take place in the
constructions in the United States of America. The
theatre building.
suspension bridge is 2,700 metres long and 230
metres tall, and was built in 1933-1937 and
12. Presidio National Park inaugurated from Washington by President
Presidio National Park Roosevelt. It is painted in a characteristic orange-
www.nps.gov/prsf red colour, chosen to fit in with the scenery whilst
The green area of Presidion National Park has still being easily visible for ships.
been cultivated since the time of the Ohlones.
When the Spanish arrived in 1776, they placed a You can drive across the bridge either by car or by
military encampment here, and that was the one of the several bus lines from San Francisco,
beginning of 216 years of military facilities in this and during the daytime, you can also choose to
beautiful setting; first Spanish, then Mexican, and walk across the bridge and enjoy both the
from 1848 American. construction and the stunning view. At either end
of the bridge there is parking with view points
overlooking the San Francisco skyline.


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16. Golden Gate Park
Tour 3: San Francisco
14. Cliff House & Seals rock
Point Lobos Street 1090
www.cliffhouse.com
Cliff House is dramatically located at the top of
the cliff towards the Pacific. The first house on the
location was built in 1863, and the second was
built in the style of a French chateau. The present
house dates from 1909 but has been remodelled
several times since its construction.

The view from Cliff House is breathtaking, with
views of the sea and the small, rocky islands that
are home to both seals and sea lions.

15. Palace of the Legion of Honor

Golden Gate Park
www.thinker.org/deyoung
The large Golden Gate Park is a lovely 4 square-
kilometres recreational area, placed as a giant green
wedge from the Pacific Ocean towards the San
Francisco city centre. The park has many lakes and
hills, as well as a varied range of planting.
Lincoln Park
www.thinker.org/legion The Strybing Arboretum is a beautiful botanical
This art museum is also known simply as the garden, where more than 5.000 plant species from
Legion of Honor and takes its name from the around the world can be seen. Visit also the
Parisian Palais de la Légion d’Honneur, which the Conservatory of Flowers, built in 1883.
American version replicates on a 3/4 scale.
The park also hosts the de Young Museum, whose
The art collection contains a broad representation collections range from one of the United States'
of European art, including several sculptures by finest exhibitions of American paintings to art
Rodin as well as a few paintings by among others work from Africa and Oceania as well as classical
Rembrandt, Degas, Renoir, Monet and Picasso. European art.

The building is situated in Lincoln Park, which The Japanese Tea Garden is a delightful break
offers a beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the big city, where you can enjoy both a cup
from its high location. of green tea and a beautiful Japanese garden with
the typical miniature landscapes.


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17. The Painted Ladies Castro
www.thecastrotheatre.com
Haight Street 1649
The Castro district is the centre for the largest
The Painted Ladies is a line of six beautifully
homosexual population in San Francisco. It was
restored Victorian houses of a type that was very
constructed from the end of the 19th Century and
common in the period between 1850 and 1900.
has been beautifully restored since the 1960's, as it
During that period, 48.000 houses of this type
can be seen in the elegant Castro Theatre from
were constructed to cover the housing demands of
1922. To experience the neighbourhood and its
the heavy increase in population at the time.
particular atmosphere, try taking a stroll along the
18th Street.
Many of the city's Victorian houses perished in the
fire following the 1906 earthquake, but they can
19. Mission Dolores
still be seen in several neighbourhoods, notably
Pacific Heights, the Western Addition, Fillmore
and the Haight with the Painted Ladies.

18. Castro

16th Street 3321
www.missiondolores.org
Mission Dolores was founded in 1776, and the
building was constructed in 1782-1791 by the
Spanish as the sixth Californian mission church
out of the 21 that King Carlos II of Spain had
built. This was the starting point of the city's
development.


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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Tour 4: San Francisco opened in 1935 as the first in Western USA. The
present building was designed by the Swiss
20. Oakland Bay Bridge architect Mario Botta and opened in 1995. The
building stands out with its striped central cylinder
that emerges from the modern, red, fort-like
structure.

The museum houses a fine collection within
various themes such as architecture, design,
photography, painting, and sculpture. Works of
Oakland Bay Bridge artists such as Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Marcel
The colossal Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the two Duchamp, Salvador Dalì, and Jackson Pollock are
great, famous bridges of San Francisco. The 14 exhibited, and besides the permanent collection,
kilometre long bridge connection crosses the there are also changing large and international
Yerba Buena Island and opened to traffic in 1936, exhibitions.
six months before the Golden Gate Bridge.
22. Financial District
The Oakland Bay Bridge impresses by its
dimensions, with two storeys of road and five Montgomery Street
lanes on each storey. It is specially the two San Francisco's Financial District is located in the
suspension bridges East and West of Yerba Buena streets around Montgomery Street, where the city's
Island that draws attention, with a maximal span first modern skyscrapers are clustered together.
of 704 metres. The Eastern suspension bridge is The view of the tall buildings is impressive when
3,100 metres long with a 58 metres clearance walking down Montgomery Street, and it can all be
beneath, and the Western suspension bridge is seen from the top of the 210 metre Bank of
2.800 metres long with a 67 metre clearance. America Building (Montgomery Street 345) - or
from the Skydeck at the Embarcadero Center in
Sacramento Street. At Montgomery Street 420 you
21. Museum of Modern Art
can visit the interesting Wells Fargo Bank museum
of the era of gold digging in California.

The tall skyscraper, Transamerica Pyramid, at
Montgomery Street 600 is one of the landmarks of
San Francisco. The 260 metres tall building has 48
storeys and was completed in 1972 after three
years of construction. When it was finished it was
the tallest building on the United States West
Coast. The uppermost 64 metres is the spire, and
the two "wings" of the pyramid contain lifts and
staircases.

Third Street 151
www.sfmoma.org


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23. Fisherman’s Wharf 24. Pier 39

Fisherman’s Wharf
www.fishermanswharf.org
Fisherman’s Wharf was previously a busy harbour
Pier 39, K Dock
district that has now been turned into an area with
www.pier39.com
plenty of restaurants, shops and a broad range of
Pier 39 is the site for San Francisco's famous
activities and entertainment. It’s perfect for
colony of sealions, which provides a fascinating
exploring and for enjoying the lovely waterfront.
view up-close. As Fisherman's Wharf, the area is
also filled with shops, restaurants and
Fisherman’s Wharf is one of the most visited
entertainment such as the aquarium.
sights in San Francisco and should not be missed
on a visit to the city. The area also houses a wax
museum.


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San Francisco Day Tours from San Francisco

26. Alcatraz
Day Tours from
San Francisco

25. Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks, 4 km SW
The heights at Twin Peaks provide one of the best
views of the San Francisco area, with the city's
many different districts and skyscrapers at your
feet. During the daytime there is a splendid view
Alcatraz Island, 2 km N
of the entire city, and at night the view features the
www.nps.gov/alca
many beautifully lit buildings where especially the
skyscrapers are impressive.

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The rocky island of Alcatraz in the middle of the 28. John Muir Woods National
San Francisco Bay is most known for its history as Monument
an isolated prison island. Trips to Alcatraz depart
from Pier 41 at Fisherman's Wharf. The island was
used as a prison during the period 1859-1963, and
belonged to the military up till 1934. In 1969-1971
the island underwent an occupation by Native
Americans as a political demonstration.

The entire island is a museum with exciting
exhibitions and objects that depict the gruesome
history of the place. Among other exhibits can be
mentioned photographs, weapons, escape plans
and the cells of some of the island's celebrity
prisoners such as Al Capone and George
"Machine Gun" Kelly.

27. Sausalito

John Muri Woods, 18 km NW
www.nps.gov/muwo
The tallest trees in the world are the Californian
Redwoods that can be seen in John Muir Woods.
The trees used to be situated along the entire
Californian West Coast, but in many places the
original trees have been cut down. John Muir
Sausalito, 8 km NW Woods was preserved due to its remote location.
http://ci.sausalito.ca.us The trees in the area are up to 75 metres tall, and
Sausalito is a cosy town by the San Francisco Bay the largest trees have a diameter of 4 metres. There
and can be reached by boat from Fisherman's are several kilometres of trails for driving and
Wharf or by driving across the Golden Gate walking.
Bridge. The town is a peaceful place with beautiful
scenery, parks, galleries, shops, and lovely
restaurants.


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29. Napa Valley There are countless sights on the campus that can
be seen either on foot or from an electrical golf
Napa Valley, 100 km N
cart. For instance there is the Red Barn, built in
www.napavalley.com
1878-1879 and thus older than the university itself.
www.winetrain.com
The Cantor Center of Visual Arts boasts a very
www.oldfaithfulgeyser.com
large art collection which among other things
Napa Valley is the leading region in the USA for
contains the greatest number of Rodin pieces
producing quality wine, and a trip here is one of
outside Paris. Some of the pieces are displayed in a
the best outings from San Francisco. There are
sculpture garden. There is also a cactus garden,
hundreds of vineyards in Napa Valley, and they
and the entire area can be surveyed from above
offer visitors a chance to see how wine is made as
from the Hoover Tower Observation Platform.
well as taste and buy the results. There are pre-
arranged trips from San Francisco, and this
31. Yosemite National Park
provides an easy way of viewing the area.

The large valley is not just for the wine lovers, but
also offers beautiful scenery, great culinary
experiences, and a variety of activities such as hot
air ballooning and spas. The town of Calistoga has
been known for its hot springs for a long time, and
this is also the site of the geyser Old Faithful that
leaps 15 metres into the air every 40 minutes.

Napa Valley Wine Train is a three-hour train ride
through Napa Valley. It begins in the town of
Napa and does a roundtrip to the lovely village of
St. Helena. The train is worth a visit on its own Yosemite National Park, 280 km E
with a 1950's panorama carriage, saloon carriages www.nps.gov/yose
from the early 20th Century, and beautifully Many consider Yosemite the most beautiful of the
decorated dining cars. The railroad itself was many national parks in the United States. The
founded in 1864 and has been operating as Wine national park contains large waterfalls flowing over
Train since 1987. granite cliffs, vast alpine meadows, beautiful lakes
and great majestic trees in the woodlands.
30. Stanford University Spectacular sceneries greet the visitor in every part
of the park.
Stanford, 45 km S
www.stanford.edu
Yosemite Valley is the central part of the park and
http://ccva.stanford.edu
the site of the many service facilities of the area.
Stanford University was founded by Senator
This is also where you can find the park's visitor
Leland Stanford and opened in 1891. The senator
centre with information about every corner of the
wished to provide an opportunity for education,
3,000 square-kilometre park.
and he spent a large part of his great fortune on
constructing the beautiful campus.
Yosemite Valley also displays beautiful nature,
since the valley is encircled by steep hillsides with
names such as Half Dome, North Dome, and


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Glacier Point, which has possibly the most Reno, 300 km NE
beautiful view of the park. Glacier Point is at 2,200 www.visitrenotahoe.com
metres altitude and there is an almost sheer drop The city of Reno is in the State of Nevada where
to the valley, which gives a view of several gambling is legal. After Las Vegas, Reno is the
waterfalls, mountains, forests, and the Merced largest gambling city in the state, and visitors are
River in the valley below. met by neon lights, casinos, plenty of restaurants,
shows, rodeo, and all imaginable kinds of
32. Reno entertainment. The contrast to San Francisco is
great, and the experience is good fun.

Reno frequently offers good and cheap
accomodation. You might combine the trip with a
visit to the nearby Lake Tahoe, located at 1,900
metres altitude and surrounded by forests and
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Children’s Fairyland (Bellevue Avenue 699):
Serramonte Shopping Center
www.fairyland.org
(3 Serramonte Centre):
www.serramontecenter.com
Fisherman’s Wharf & Pier 39:
www.pier39.com
Stonestown Galleria (3251 20th Avenue):
www.shopstonestown.com
Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (Senter Road 1300):
www.happyhollowparkandzoo.org
Westfield San Francisco (865 Market Street):
www.westfield.com/sanfrancisco
Paramount’s Great America
(Great America Parkway 4701):
www.pgathrills.com Public transportation in
San Francisco
San Francisco Zoo (Sloat Boulevard):
www.sfzoo.org San Francisco municipal transportation:
www.sfmuni.com
Steinhart Aquarium (Howard Street 875):
www.calacademy.org/aquarium San Francisco BART trains:
www.bart.gov
Six Flags Marine World (Marine World Parkway):
www.sixflags.com San Francisco Airport:
www.flysfo.com
Waterworld USA Concord
(Waterworld Parkway 1950): Oakland Airport:
www.waterworldcalifornia.com www.flyoakland.com

Alcatraz ferries:
Shopping in San Francisco
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Union Square, Market Street, Chestnut Street,
Fisherman’s Wharf, Chinatown (Bush California's railroads:
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Political
Official name United States of America
Capital Washington
Government Federal republic
Head of State President George W. Bush
Deputy Head of State Vice President Richard B. Cheney
National day July 4
Date of independence July 4, 1776 from Great Britain
Primary religion Christianity
Language English
Area 9,631,420 km²
Population (2000) 281,421,000

Borders on
North Canada, The Arctic Sea
South Mexico, Gulf of Mexico
East The Atlantic Ocean
West The Pacific Ocean, Bering's Sea, Bering's Strait


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Highest Mountains
Mount McKinley 6,194 meters
Mount Saint Elias 5,489 meters
Mount Foraker 5,304 meters
Mount Bona 5,045 meters
Mount Blackburn 4,996 meters
Mount Sanford 4,949 meters
Mount Fairweather 4,671 meters
Mount Hubbard 4,557 meters
Mount Bear 4,520 meters
Mount Hunter 4,442 meters

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Largest islands
Hawaii 10,414 km²
Kodiak Island 9,293 km²
Prince of Wales Island 6,675 km²
Chichagof Island 5,388 km²
St. Lawrence Island 5,135 km²
Admiralty Island 4,362 km²
Nunivak Island 4,209 km²
Unimak 4,119 km²
Baranof Island 4,065 km²
Long Island 3.629 km²

Largest lakes
Lake Superior* 82;414 km²
Lake Huron* 59,596 km²
Lake Michigan 58,016 km²
Lake Erie* 25,745 km²
Lake Ontario* 18,529 km²
Great Salt Lake 4,400 km²
Lake of the Woods* 4,390 km²
Lake Okeechobee 1,890 km²
Lake Pontchartrain 1,630 km²
Champlainsee* 1, 130 km²
* partly in Canada

Longest rivers*
Missouri 4,023 km
Mississippi 3,765 km
Yukon River 3,185 km
Rio Grande 3,034 km
St. Lawrence River 3,058 km
Arkansas River 2,364 km
Colorado 2,333 km


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Red River 2,189 km
Snake River 1,965 km
Columbia River 1,857 km
Ohio River 1,579 km
* Some of the rivers run through other countries as well as the USA

Largest cities (2006)
New York-Jersey City 18,818,000
Los Angeles 12,950,000
Chicago 9,506,000
Dallas-Fort Worth 6,004,000
Philadelphia -Wilmington 5,827,000
Houston 5,540,000
Miami-Fort Lauderdale 5,464,000
Washington-Arlington 5,290,000
Atlanta 5,138,000
Detroit 4,469,000

Administrative regions
State Capital Area
Alabama Montgomery 135,293 km²
Alaska Juneau 1,717,854 km²
Arizona Phoenix 295,276 km²
Arkansas Little Rock 137,732 km²
California Sacramento 411,912 km²
Colorado Denver 269,837 km²
Connecticut Hartford 14,371 km²
Delaware Dover 6,452 km²
District of Columbia* Washington 159 km²
Florida Tallahassee 170,451 km²
Georgia Atlanta 154,077 km²
Hawaii Honolulu 16,377 km²
Idaho Boise 216,632 km²
Illinois Springfield 149,998 km²


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Indiana Indianapolis 94,321 km²
Iowa Des Moines 145,743 km²
Kansas Topeka 213,283 km²
Kentucky Frankfort 104,749 km²
Louisiana Baton Rouge 134,382 km²
Maine Augusta 86,542 km²
Maryland Annapolis 32,160 km²
Massachusetts Boston 27,360 km²
Michigan Lansing 250,941 km²
Minnesota Saint Paul 225,362 km²
Mississippi Jackson 125,546 km²
Missouri Jefferson City 180,693 km²
Montana Helena 381,156 km²
Nebraska Lincoln 200,520 km²
Nevada Carson City 286,367 km²
New Hampshire Concord 24,239 km²
New Jersey Trenton 22,608 km²
New Mexico Santa Fe 315,194 km²
New York Albany 141,205 km²
North Carolina Raleigh 139,509 km²
North Dakota Bismarck 183,272 km²
Ohio Columbus 116,096 km²
Oklahoma Oklahoma City 181,196 km²
Oregon Salem 255,026 km²
Pennsylvania Harrisburg 119,283 km²
Rhode Island Providence 4,005 km²
South Carolina Columbia 82,965 km²
South Dakota Pierre 199,905 km²
Tennessee Nashville 109,247 km²
Texas Austin 696,241 km²
Utah Salt Lake City 220,080 km²
Vermont Montpelier 24,923 km²
Virginia Richmond 110,862 km²
Washington Olympia 184,824 km²


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West Virginia Charleston 62,809 km²
Wisconsin Madison 140,662 km²
Wyoming Cheyenne 253,554 km²
American Samoa** Pago Pago 199 km²
Guam** Hagåtña 541 km²
Northern Mariana Islands** Saipan 477 km²
Puerto Rico** San Juan 9.104 km²
US Virgin Islands** Charlotte Amalie 346 km²
* Federal capital, is not considered a state
** Overseas territories


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Heads of State since 1789
George Washington 1789-1797
John Adams 1797-1801
Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
James Madison 1809-1817
James Monroe 1817-1825
John Quincy Adams 1825-1829
Andrew Jackson 1829-1837
Martin Van Buren 1837-1841
William H. Harrison 1841-1841
John Tyler 1841-1845
James K. Polk 1845-1849
Zachary Taylor 1849-1850
Millard Fillmore 1850-1853
Franklin Pierce 1853-1857
James Buchanan 1857-1861
Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865
Jefferson Davis* 1861-1865
Andrew Johnson 1865-1869
Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881
James Garfield 1881-1881
Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885
Grover Cleveland 1885-1889
Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893
Grover Cleveland 1893-1897
William McKinley 1897-1901
Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909
William H. Taft 1909-1913
Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921
Warren G. Harding 1921-1923
Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929
Herbert Hoover 1929-1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945


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Harry S. Truman 1945-1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961
John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969
Richard Nixon 1969-1974
Gerald Ford 1974-1977
Jimmy Carter 1977-1981
Ronald Reagan 1981-1989
George H. W. Bush 1989-1993
Bill Clinton 1993-2001
George W. Bush 2001-
* President of the Confederate States of America (The Southern States)

Vice Presidents since 1929
Charles Curtis 1929-1933
John Nance Garner 1933-1941
Henry A. Wallace 1941-1945
Harry Truman 1945-1945
Alben W. Barkley 1949-1953
Richard M. Nixon 1953-1961
Lyndon B. Johnson 1961-1963
Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. 1965-1969
Spiro T. Agnew 1969-1973
Gerald R. Ford 1973-1974
Nelson A. Rockefeller 1974-1977
Walter F. Mondale 1977-1981
George H. W. Bush 1981-1989
J. Danforth Quayle 1989-1993
Albert A. Gore Jr. 1993-2001
Richard B. Cheney 2001-


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Holidays
January 1 New Years Day
Third Monday in January Martin Luther King Day
January 20 every 4 years Presidential inauguration
Third Monday in February Washington’s birthday
Last Monday in May Memorial Day
July 4 Independence Day
First Monday in September Labour Day
Second Monday in October Columbus Day
November 11 Veterans Day
Fourth Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day
December 25 Christmas Day

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Various facts
Currency US dollar
Currency code USD
Time zones Eastern Standard Time/EST (UTC-5)
Central Standard Time/CST (UTC-6)
Mountain Standard Time/MST (UTC-7)
Pacific Standard Time/PST (UTC-8)
Alaska Standard Time/ASKT (UTC-9)
Aleutian Standard Time/AST (UTC-10)
Hawaii Standard Time/HST (UTC-10)
Postal Country code USA
Internet domain .com
Country calling code +1

Mean temperature Precipitation
Climate – New York °C millimetres
January -0.2 84
February 0.8 79
March 5.7 99
April 11.3 93
May 17.0 106
June 22.0 85
July 24.8 105
August 24.1 104
September 20.1 91
October 14.1 84
November 8.6 107
December 2.5 92
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Climate – Miami °C millimetres
January 6.9 53
February 9.1 45
March 11.9 46
April 16.1 19
May 20.8 10
June 26.2 9
July 28.4 65
August 27.1 77
September 24.3 40
October 18.3 33
November 11.7 35
December 7.6 59

Climate – Denver °C millimetres
January -1.2 14
February 0.7 16
March 3.8 34
April 9.0 45
May 14.0 63
June 19.3 43
July 23.0 47
August 21.8 38
September 16.8 28
October 10.7 26
November 3.8 23
December -0.5 15


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Climate – Los Angeles °C millimetres
January 13.5 67
February 14.1 59
March 14.8 46
April 16.0 22
May 17.4 3
June 19.5 1
July 22.0 0
August 22.4 3
September 21.6 5
October 19.5 8
November 17.0 40
December 14.4 40

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Climate – Seattle °C millimetres
January 4.5 141
February 6.3 107
March 7.5 94
April 9.5 64
May 12.8 42
June 16.0 38
July 18.4 20
August 18.6 27
September 15.8 47
October 11.5 89
November 7.3 149
December 4.7 149


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