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

Coordinates: 36°46′54″N 119°47′32″W 36.78167, -119.79222

Fresno

Fresno (pronounced frzno "FREZ-no", Spanish for ash tree) is a city in California, USA, the county seat of Fresno County, and the largest inland city in the state. Fresno is located in Central California between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Fresno had an estimated population of 490,847 as of January 27,2009, making it the fifth-largest city in California. It is located in the center of the expansive San Joaquin Valley in the Central Valley, 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 899,348, after Sacramento. The name Fresno is the Spanish-language word for the Ash tree and an Ash leaf is featured on its flag.^[1]

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