| San Francisco, a city in western
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| | western United States. The downtown
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| California is coextensive with San
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| | financial district contains the Pacific
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| Francisco County. Famous for its
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| | Coast Stock Exchange; the headquarters of
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| beautiful setting, San Francisco is
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| | the 12th Federal Reserve District; and
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| primarily located on the northern tip of
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| | numerous banks and corporate office
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| a peninsula at the entrance to San
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| | buildings, including the home office of
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| Francisco Bay. It is bordered by the
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| | the Bank of America, one of the largest
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| Pacific Ocean on the west, the strait
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| | banks in the world. Tourism is also
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| known as Golden Gate on the north, San
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| | important to the city's economy. The San
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| Francisco Bay on the east, and San Bruno
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| | Francisco region is also home to many
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| Mountain on the south. Alcatraz, Angel,
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| | companies developing computer software
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| Farallon, Treasure, and Yerba Buena
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| | and hardware. Several national apparel
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| islands are part of the city.
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| | manufacturers also have headquarters in
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| POPULATION
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| | the city.
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| The population of San Francisco increased
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| | EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
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| from 678,974 in 1980 to 723,959 in 1990;
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| | The main institutions of higher education
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| the population was 735,315 in 1996.
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| | in San Francisco are San Francisco State
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| According to the 1990 census, whites
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| | University (1899), the University of San
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| constitute 53.6 percent of San
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| | Francisco (1855), Golden Gate University
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| Francisco's population; Asians and
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| | (1853), the University of California-San
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| Pacific Islanders, 29.1 percent; blacks,
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| | Francisco (1864), the New College of
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| 10.9 percent; and Native Americans, 0.5
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| | California (1971), the University of
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| percent. Hispanics, who may be of any
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| | California Hastings College of Law
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| race, represent 13.3 percent of the
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| | (1878), the San Francisco Art Institute
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| population. San Francisco is part of a
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| | (1871), the Academy of Art College
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| major metropolitan region that also
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| | (1929), the San Francisco Conservatory of
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| includes Oakland and San Jose. The
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| | Music (1917), and a large community
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| region's population increased from
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| | college. San Francisco has many
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| 5,368,000 in 1980 to 6,253,000 in 1990,
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| | performing-arts organizations. Among the
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| reaching an estimated 6,940,000 in 2004.
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| | best known are the San Francisco Symphony
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| ECONOMY
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| | Orchestra, the San Francisco Ballet, the
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| San Francisco is a leading financial and
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| | San Francisco Opera, and the American
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| international trade center for the
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| | Conservatory Theater.
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