San Francisco is located on a small seven-by-seven mile
(11x11km) square of land at the tip of a peninsula between the
San Francisco Bay and the Pacific coast. It has a population of
815,000, but is the center of a metropolitan area of 7.1
million. San Francisco is just one of the cities which makes up
the entire San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco's neighbors -
municipalities to the east of the Bay Bridge, north of the
Golden Gate Bridge, and south of the city are all part of
separate counties, each with their own governments and local
public transportation systems. Each district of San Francisco
carries its own unique and distinct culture. This map is
predominantly based on the 11 official governmental districts of
San Francisco, but it has been adapted to suit the purposes of
this travel guide. Some districts of particular interest to
travelers have been broken up into popular neighborhood
groupings, while others, mainly residential districts, have been
merged together. Prior to European settlement in th