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City of Fresno
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Nickname: Fresno, the All American City & Raisin Capital of the World
Location in the state of California
Coordinates: 36°46′54″N 119°47′32″W / 36.78167, -119.79222
Country
United States
State
California
County
Fresno
Government
- Mayor
Alan Autry
- Senate
Cogdill (R)
Florez (D)
- Assembly
Villines (R)
Arambula (D)
- U. S. Congress
Radanovich (R) (CA-19)
Costa (D) (CA-20)
Nunes (R) (CA-21)
Area
- City
104.8 sq mi (271.4 km²)
- Land
104.4 sq mi (183.3 km²)
- Water
0.4 sq mi (1.1 km²)
Elevation
296 ft (90 m)
Population (2008)
- City
486,116
- Density
4,097.9/sq mi (1,582.2/km²)
- Metro
1,002,284
Time zone
PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)
PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code
93650, 93701-93712, 93714-93718, 93720-93722, 93724-93729, 93740-93741, 93744-93745, 93747, 93750, 93755, 93760-93761, 93764-93765, 93771-93780, 93784, 93786, 93790-93794, 93844, 93888
Area code(s)
559
FIPS code
06-27000[1]
GNIS feature ID
0277606[2]
Website: www.fresno.gov
Fresno is the sixth-largest city in California, USA, the county seat of Fresno County, and the largest inland city in the state. As of 2008, Fresno has an estimated population of 486,116[3]. It is located in the center of the expansive Central Valley,[4] approximately 200 miles (322 km) north of Los Angeles, and 170 miles (274 km) south of the state capital, Sacramento. The city is the cultural and economic center of the Fresno-Clovis metropolitan area. Fresno is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Central Valley with a population of 1,002,284, after Sacramento.