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San Francisco is part of the San Francisco Bay Area, which includes [[Oakland]], [[San Jose]], Berkeley, and other smaller towns like Cupertino, Palo Alto, Mountain View, San Mateo, Saratoga, and Menlo Park.  The city is home to several large companies, including Gap, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Cnet. San Francisco has been overtaken in population and economic significance by [[San Jose]] and the rest of [[Silicon Valley]].

San Francisco is part of the San Francisco Bay Area, which includes [[Oakland]], [[San Jose]], Berkeley, and other smaller towns like Cupertino, Palo Alto, Mountain View, San Mateo, Saratoga, and Menlo Park.  The city is home to several large companies, including Gap, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Cnet.

 

==History==

==History==

San Francisco was founded as a mission by Franciscan monks in 1776, a census conducted at the time showed a total of 814 people living in and around the mission.<ref>The Annals of San Francisco Part I Chapter 3</ref>

San Francisco was founded as a mission by Franciscan monks in 1776, a census conducted at the time showed a total of 814 people living in and around the mission.<ref>The Annals of San Francisco Part I Chapter 3</ref>