Category:North America/United States of America/California/Fremont/

Coordinates: 37°32′54″N 121°59′19″W 37.54833, -121.98861

Fremont

Fremont (IPA frimnt) is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs. The city is named after John Charles Frmont, "the Great Pathfinder."Fremont is located in the southeast section of the San Francisco Bay Area. Home to an estimated 211,662 people as of 2007, Fremont is now the fourth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area as the largest suburb in the metropolis.The area consisting of Fremont, Newark (an enclave of Fremont), and Union City was formerly known as Washington Township and is now known as the Tri-City Area.Fremont is the sister city to Elizabeth, South Australia (now part of the City of Playford) Puerto Peasco, Mexico Fukaya, Japan Horta, Azores, Portugal Lipa City, Philippines and Jaipur, India.^[1]

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