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San Francisco ( SF ) ( Spanish for Saint Francis ) officially the City and County of San Francisco , is the cultural , commercial , and financial center of Northern California . It is the birthplace of the United Nations . Located at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula , San Francisco is about in area , making it the smallest county  and the only consolidated city - county  within the state of California . With a density of about 18 , 451 people per square mile ( 7 , 124 people per km ), San Francisco is the most densely settled large city ( population greater than 200 , 000 ) in California and the second - most densely populated major city in the United States after ___MASK32___ City . San Francisco is the fourth - most ___MASK90___ city in California , after Los Angeles , San Diego , and San Jose , and the 13th - most ___MASK90___ city in the United States  with a census - estimated 2015 population of 864 , 816 . The city and its surrounding areas are known as the San Francisco Bay Area , and are a part of the larger OMB - designated San Jose - San Francisco - Oakland combined statistical area , the fifth most ___MASK90___ in the nation with an estimated population of 8 . 7 million . California is the most ___MASK90___ state in the United States and the third most extensive by area . Located on the western ( Pacific Ocean ) coast of the U . S ., California is bordered by the other U . S . states of Oregon , Nevada , and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California . The state capital is Sacramento . Los Angeles is California ' s most ___MASK90___ city , and the country ' s second largest after New York City . The state also has the nation ' s most ___MASK90___ county , Los Angeles County , and its largest county by area , San Bernardino County . The West Coast Conference ( WCC ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated in NCAA Division I consisting of ten member schools across the states of California , Oregon , Utah and Washington . Stephen Schott Stadium , or Schott Stadium for short , is the home of the Santa Clara University baseball team , a Division I Baseball team of the NCAA ' s West Coast Conference . The stadium , which opened in 2005 , is located in Santa Clara , California , USA . Utah ( or ) is a state in the western United States . It became the 45th state admitted to the U . S . on January 4 , 1896 . Utah is the 13th - largest by area , 31st - most - ___MASK90___ , and 10th - least - densely populated of the 50 United States . Utah has a population of more than 3 million ( Census estimate for July 1 , 2016 ), approximately 80 % of whom live along the Wasatch Front , centering on the state capital Salt Lake City . Utah is bordered by Colorado to the east , Wyoming to the northeast , Idaho to the north , Arizona to the south , and Nevada to the west . It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast . The San Francisco Bay Area ( referred to locally as the Bay Area ) is a ___MASK90___ region surrounding the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California . The region encompasses the major cities and metropolitan areas of San Jose , San Francisco , and Oakland , along with smaller urban and rural areas . The Bay Area ' s nine counties are Alameda , Contra Costa , Marin , Napa , San Francisco , San Mateo , Santa Clara , Solano , and Sonoma . Home to approximately 7 . 65 million people , the nine - county Bay Area contains many cities , towns , airports , and associated regional , state , and national parks , connected by a network of roads , highways , railroads , bridges , tunnels and commuter rail . The combined statistical area of the region is the second - largest in California ( after the Greater Los Angeles area ), the fifth - largest in the United States , and the 43rd - largest urban area in the world . Santa Clara University ( also referred to as Santa Clara ) is a private Jesuit university located in Santa Clara , California . It has 5 , 435 full - time undergraduate students , and 3 , 335 graduate students . Founded in 1851 , Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California , and has remained in its original location for years . The university ' s campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asis , which traces its founding to 1776 . The campus mirrors the Mission ' s architectural style , and provides a fine early example of Mission Revival Architecture . Santa Clara is a city in Santa Clara County , California , named after the Spanish mission that was established there in 1777 . The city ' s population was 116 , 468 at the 2010 United States Census , making it the ninth - most ___MASK90___ city in the San Francisco Bay Area . Located southeast of San Francisco , the city was founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852 . The city is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions , Mission Santa Clara de Asís , and was named after the mission . The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on the grounds of Santa Clara University . Saint Clare is the patron saint of Santa Clara . Santa Clara County , California , officially the County of Santa Clara , is a county in the U . S . state of California . As of the 2010 census , the population was 1 , 781 , 642 . The county seat is San Jose , the tenth - most ___MASK90___ city in the United States .