Sacramento, California

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 city, capital city of state/province/region, county seat
The capital of the state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive Central Valley, Sacramento is the core cultural and economic center of its four-county metropolitan area (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties). The Sacramento Metropolitan Area is the largest in the Central Valley, and is the fourth-largest in California, behind the Greater Los Angeles Area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego area. Greater Sacramento has been cited as one of the five "most livable" regions in America, and the city was cited by Time magazine as America's most integrated.

Sacramento became a city due to the efforts of John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant, and James W. Marshall. Sacramento grew faster due to the protection of Sutter's Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839. During the California Gold Rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a commercial and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the telegraph, the Pony Express, and the First Transcontinental Railroad. Incorporated in 1850, it was designated the state capital in 1854.

Typical of California informality, Sacramento is referred to by many nicknames. The most common names are Sac, SacTown, and The Capital.

California State University, Sacramento, more commonly known as Sacramento State or Sac State, is the major local university. It is one of the twenty-three campuses of the California State University system. In addition, the University of California Davis is located in nearby Davis, just west of the capital.

Area
- City 99.2 sq mi (257.0 km2)
- Land 97.2 sq mi (251.6 km2)
- Water 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km2)
Elevation 25 ft (8 m)

The Spanish word sacramento is the Roman Catholic word sacrament.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,_California
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Coordinates:   38°33'40"N   121°27'42"W

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  • I was amazed. This city has a lot going for it and nobody ever talks about it.
  • sacratomato
  • Sac-Town, Sacc-Town, Sac-A-Indo
  • Macramento
  • Sac has really bad air quality
  • i'll say it's nice. of course in my opinion, if a city has a rubio's then it's ok in my book. we don't have them on the east
  • .It's a nice city;
  • I am retired now, but it was easy to make a good living here.
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