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Formerly Tsing-kau-boe (Chinese: 前溝尾; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chêng-kau-bóe). [1]Taibao City was established as Taibao Township in August 1945 after the World War II.In August 1946, Taibao Township was incorporated to Chiayi City to become Taibao District.
Washington Street in Chinatown with Transamerica Pyramid in the background.. Officially, Chinatown is located in downtown San Francisco, covers 24 square blocks, [10] and overlaps five postal ZIP codes (94108, 94133, 94111, 94102, and 94109).
The first municipalities to incorporate were Benicia and San Jose on March 27, 1850, while the most recent was Oakley on July 1, 1999. [7] The largest municipality by population and land area is San Jose with 1,013,240 residents and 178.26 square miles (461.7 km 2). The smallest by population is Colma with 1,507 people, [8] while the smallest ...
The following is a list of streets and alleys that are within or pass through San Francisco's Chinatown. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A plaque map of San Francisco's Chinatown.
A 2021 map shows the impact of a tsunami hitting the San Fransisco area - and the devastation it could cause. The map was thrust back into the spotlight Thursday when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake ...
The area was the scene of escalating drug violence in 2007, including brazen daylight shootings, as local gangs from San Francisco, and others from around the Bay Area battle for turf. [ 29 ] 14 of the city's 98 homicides took place in the area in 2007. [ 30 ]
The Central Subway project linking Mission Bay to San Francisco Downtown and Chinatown opened in November 2022. Although near to and often associated with Oracle Park, the ballpark is in the adjacent South Beach neighborhood. UCSF has built a new 289-bed hospital serving children, women, and cancer patients which opened in February 2015.
North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill.The neighborhood is San Francisco's "Little Italy" and has historically been home to a large Italian American population, largely from Northern Italy. [5]