San Francisco

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We'll tell you about the city San Francisco.

San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous city in the United States.. San Francisco is located on northern part of island San Francisco. The important transport, trading, industrial, financial and cultural center of the country. The city covers territory in 121 square kilometers. The population of 681 000 people. In the San Francisco speak in one hundred three languages.

San Francisco is a world tourist destination, known for its cool fog, steep hills and modern architecture.

San Francisco is famous for its hills. Hills in the city the of more 30 meters. There are 42 hills in the city.

There are a lot different street festivals, parties and parades in San Francisco . Folsom Street Fair is held in September, a parade in honor of Chinese New Year in February.

Exhibition of food Fancy Food Show, held annually in San Francisco in January, includes more than 1,300 exhibits from 50 countries worldwide. More than 17,000 food buyers, chefs and cookbook writers gather here every year. In the summer Fancy Food Show held in New York in June. The first exhibition was held in 1955.

Also San Francisco famous for California cuisine, Paris cuisine and Italian cuisine.

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco into the Pacific Ocean. He connects the city of San Francisco on the north tip of the San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge was the longest bridge in the world when it was completed IN 1937, and has become one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco. It has been declared one of the modern Wonders of the World. Golden Gate Bridge is also notorious as a place of suicide and is one of the most popular among suicide bombers in the world.

Rope tram in San Francisco IS one of the forms of public transportation in San Francisco and one of the landmarks of the city. Rope tram system included in the national monuments of American history. Aerial tram carries passengers on several routes in the city. The sity stands on the high hills and get to the bottom of the street to the top - not the easiest task. Rope tram line all the time makes a noise - underground moving wire rope, for which clings trailer and thus moves on rails. Invented and patented a drive american military, General Abner Doubleday. He first such railroad in San Francisco opened in 1873, and already a few years later in the sity there were five such lines.

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