Imagine yourself swaying gracefully, like a shimmering goddess, as theย musicย fills the air. Welcome to the captivating world of belly dancing classes! In these enchanting sessions, you will embark on a journey that celebrates femininity,ย self-expression, andย body confidence. The rhythmic movements of belly dance not only tone your core muscles but also unleash your inner sensuality.
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About San Francisco, California
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Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra
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| Anthem: Official song: Theme from San Francisco (“open your Golden Gate”) Official ballad:”I Left My Heart in San Francisco” |
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| Country |  ย United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Francisco |
| CSA | San JoseโSan FranciscoโOakland |
| Metro | San FranciscoโOaklandโHayward |
| Mission | June 29, 1776 |
| Incorporated | April 15, 1850 |
| Founded by | Juan Bautista De Anza Josรฉ Joaquรญn Moraga Francisco Palรณu |
| Named for | St. Francis of Assisi |
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| ย โขย Type | Strong mayorโcouncil |
| ย โขย Body | Board of Supervisors |
| ย โขย Mayor | London Breed (D) |
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| ย โขย Assembly members | Matt Haney (D) Phil Ting (D) |
| ย โขย State senator | Scott Wiener (D) |
| ย โขย United States Representatives | Nancy Pelosi (D) Kevin Mullin (D) |
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| ย โขย City and county | 231.89ย sqย mi (600.59ย km2) |
| ย โขย Land | 46.9ย sqย mi (121.48ย km) |
| ย โขย Water | 184.99ย sqย mi (479.11ย km2) ย 80.00% |
| ย โขย Metro | 3,524.4ย sqย mi (9,128ย km) |
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| Highestย elevation | 934ย ft (285ย m) |
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| ย โขย City and county | 808,437 |
| ย โขย Rank | 39th in North America 17th in the United States 4th in California |
| ย โขย Density | 17,237.5/sqย mi (6,655.4/km2) |
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| ย โขย Urbanย density | 6,843.0/sqย mi (2,642.1/km) |
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| ย โขย CSA | 9,545,921 (US: 5th) |
| Demonym | San Franciscan |
| Time zone | UTCโ08:00 (PST) |
| ย โขย Summer (DST) | UTCโ07:00 (PDT) |
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| Area codes | 415/628 |
| FIPS code | 06-67000 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 277593, 2411786 |
| GDP (2021) | Cityโ$236.4 billion MSAโ$668.7 billion (4th) CSAโ$1.251 trillion (3rd) |
| Website | sf.gov |
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San Francisco ( SAN frษn-SISS-koh; Spanish for ‘Saint Francis’), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous city in California, with 808,437 residents, and the 17th most populous city in the United States as of 2022. The city covers a land Place of 46.9 square miles (121 square kilometers) at the decrease of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated U.S. county, behind deserted four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with beyond 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include Frisco, San Fran, The City, and SF.
San Francisco was first inhabited by the Ramaytush people, who called the Place Yelamu. On June 29, 1776, settlers from New Spain standard the Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate, and the Mission San Francisco de Asรญs a few miles away, both named for Francis of Assisi. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought hasty growth, transforming an unimportant hamlet into a blooming port, making it the largest city on the West Coast at the time; between 1870 and 1900, approximately one quarter of California’s population resided in the city proper. In 1856, San Francisco became a consolidated city-county. After three-quarters of the city was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire, it was speedily rebuilt, hosting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition nine years later. In World War II, it was a major port of embarkation for naval relieve members shipping out to the Pacific Theater. In 1945, the United Nations Charter was signed in San Francisco, establishing the United Nations previously permanently relocating to Manhattan, and in 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco re-established peaceful relations amongst Japan and the Allied Powers. After the war, the confluence of returning servicemen, significant immigration, liberalizing attitudes, the rise of the beatnik and hippie countercultures, the sexual revolution, the peace pastime growing from foe to United States involvement in the Vietnam War, and further factors led to the Summer of Love and the gay rights movement, cementing San Francisco as a middle of liberal activism in the United States.
San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic upheaval and the arts and sciences, spurred by leading universities, high-tech, healthcare, finance, insurance, real estate, and professional services sectors. As of 2020, the metropolitan area, with 6.7 million residents, ranked 5th by GDP ($874 billion) and 2nd by GDP per capita ($131,082) across the OECD countries, ahead of global cities gone Paris, London, and Singapore. San Francisco anchors the 13th most populous metropolitan statistical Place in the United States like 4.6 million residents, and the fourth-largest by aggregate allowance and economic output, with a GDP of $669 billion in 2021. The wider San JoseโSan FranciscoโOakland Combined Statistical Area is the fifth most populous, with 9.5 million residents, and the third-largest by economic output, with a GDP of $1.25 trillion in 2021. In the similar year, San Francisco proper had a GDP of $236.4 billion, and a GDP per capita of $289,990. San Francisco was ranked fifth in the world and second in the United States upon the Global Financial Centres Index as of Marchย 2023. The city houses the headquarters of numerous companies inside and outdoor of technology, including Wells Fargo, Salesforce, Uber, Airbnb, Twitter, Levi’s, Gap, Dropbox, and Lyft.