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Fresno, California

Administration

Full name	Fresno
Settlement type	City
Country	United States
State	California
County	Fresno
Founded	1872
Incorporated	October 12, 1885
Government
Type	Mayor-Council
City Council	Mayor Ashley Swearengin Blong Xiong Andreas Borgeas Oliver Baines Larry Westerlund Sal Quintero Lee Brand Clint Olivier
City Manager	Mark Scott
Geography
Total Area	112.308 sq mi (290.9 km2)
Land Area	111.957 sq mi (290 km2)
Water Area	0.351 sq mi (0.9 km2)
Elevation	296 ft (90.2 m)
Demography
Total Population	510365 (1st in Fresno County 5th in California 34th in the United States) (2010)
Density (pop.)	auto/km² (0/sq mi)
Demonym	Fresnan
Other information
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	93650, 93701-06, 93710, 93711, 93720-23, 93725-28, 93730, 93740, 93888
Area code	559
FIPS code	06-27000
GNIS feature ID	0277606

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Fresno (c-eniconˈfrɛznoʊ ) is a city in California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation. Fresno is located in the center of the San Joaquin Valley of Central California, approximately 200 mi (321.9 km) north of Los Angeles, and 170 mi (273.6 km) south of the state capital, Sacramento. Metropolitan Fresno has a population of 1,107,416. The name Fresno is the Spanish language word for the ash tree, and an ash leaf is featured on the city's flag.

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