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San Francisco, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth-largest city in California and the fourteenth-largest in the United States, with a 2005 population of 739,426. |
 | | With the advent of the California gold rush in 1848, and the Comstock Lode and silver mines in 1859, the city entered a period of rapid growth. |
 | | California and Louisiana--its Supreme Court is in New Orleans--are the only U.S. jurisdictions whose highest court and judicial seat is not in the official state or territorial capital. |
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