San Francisco Bay Area
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Summary
San Francisco Bay Area is a metropolitan area[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of metropolitan area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,127 views/month, #1 of 105).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Instance of: geographic location[5]
- Named after: San Francisco Bay[6]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Napa[7], Santa Rosa[8], Vallejo[9], San Jose[10], Santa Clara[11], Sunnyvale[12], San Francisco[13], Oakland[14], Berkeley[15]
- Commons category: San Francisco Bay Area[16]
- Has part(s): Alameda County[17], Contra Costa County[18], Marin County[19], Napa County[20], San Francisco[21], San Mateo County[22], Santa Clara County[23], Solano County[24], Sonoma County[25], San Francisco Peninsula[26], Santa Clara Valley[27], East Bay[28]
- Highest point: Copernicus Peak[29]
- Coordinate location: 37.81, -122.37[30]
- Official website: https://bayareametro.gov[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:San Francisco Bay Area[32]
- Population: 7,560,000[33], 7,765,640[34]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:San Francisco Bay Area[35]
- Topic has template: Template:SF Bay Area[36]
- Lowest point: Alviso[37]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in the San Francisco Bay Area[38]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from the San Francisco Bay Area[39]
- Different from: San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area[40]
- Area: 26,390[41]
- Territory overlaps: Bay Area[42], San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area[43]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject United States[44], WikiProject Cities[45], WikiProject California[46], WikiProject San Francisco Bay Area[47], WikiProject Urban studies and planning[48]
- Economy of topic: economy of the San Francisco Bay Area[49]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for San Francisco Bay Area include Bay Area Rapid Transit[50], a rapid transit[51], in United States[52], headquartered in Oakland[53]; East Bay[54], a geographical feature[55], in United States[56]; Bay Area thrash metal[57], a music genre[58], founded in 1985[59]; Greater Bay Bancorp[60], a bank holding company[61], in United States[62], founded in 1996[63], headquartered in East Palo Alto[64]; and Association of Bay Area Governments[65], a council of governments[66], in United States[67], founded in 1961[68].
Why It Matters
San Francisco Bay Area has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[69] It is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]
Entities named for it include Bay Area Rapid Transit[50], a rapid transit[51], in United States[52], headquartered in Oakland[53]; East Bay[54], a geographical feature[55], in United States[56]; Bay Area thrash metal[57], a music genre[58], founded in 1985[59]; Greater Bay Bancorp[60], a bank holding company[61], in United States[62], founded in 1996[63], headquartered in East Palo Alto[64]; and Association of Bay Area Governments[65], a council of governments[66], in United States[67], founded in 1961[68].