Tour in San Francisco, California, USA -2-

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Uploaded by on May 23, 2011

Wikipedia: San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth most populous city in California and the 13th most populous city in the United States, with a 2010 estimated population of 805,235. The only consolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area of 46.7 square miles (121 km2) on the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, giving it a density of 17,243 people per square mile (6,655/km2). It is the most densely settled large city (population greater than 200,000) in the state of California and the second-most densely populated large city in the United States. San Francisco is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of more than 7.4 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland.

In 1776, the Spanish established a fort at the Golden Gate and a mission named for Francis of Assisi on the site. The California Gold Rush in 1848 propelled the city into a period of rapid growth, increasing the population in one year from 1,000 to 25,000, and thus transforming it into the largest city on the West Coast at the time. After three-quarters of the city was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco was quickly rebuilt, hosting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition nine years later. During World War II, San Francisco was the port of embarkation for service members shipping out to the Pacific Theater. After the war, the confluence of returning servicemen, massive immigration, liberalizing attitudes, and other factors led to the Summer of Love and the gay rights movement, cementing San Francisco as a center of liberal activism in the United States.

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  • @ficko53: Thank you very much for the comment and for always being alert to my videos, Gábor!. I am missing yet putting the subtitles, I think tonight's be able to complete them. San Francisco is a beautiful City, we enjoyed very much our visit. Regards. Horacio

  • From ficko53: Horacio Hello!

    Thank you for the experience and information. Congratulations.gábor

  • @renedulac: Muchas gracias por el comentario, Renato, aunque voy a tener que preparar de nuevo el video, porque subió con muy poca resolución y las imágenes merecen una mejor, hoy por la tarde veo de subirlo de nuevo. Un abrazo, Horacio

  • from Renedulac: Ottimo video caro Horacio!

    Un saluto dal tuo amico Renato.

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