The geographical location of Sacramento

Sacramento is the capital of California and the seat of the county government of Sacramento, located at the intersection of the Sacramento River and the American River extending in the northern part of California's Central Valley. The population of Sacramento in 2065,438+04 is 48,565,438+099. It is the sixth largest city in California and the 35th largest city in the United States. Sacramento is the cultural and economic center of the Sacramento metropolitan area. The Sacramento metropolitan area includes seven counties, with a population of 20 10 and 24 14783. Sacramento Metropolitan Area is the fourth largest metropolitan area in California after Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Area and San Diego Metropolitan Area. In 2002, Time magazine's Harvard Civil Rights Project called Sacramento "the most diverse city in America".

With the efforts of Swiss immigrants John Sartre Sr, his sons John Sartre Jr and James Marshall, Sacramento gradually became a city. Sartre founded Sartre Castle in 1839, and the rapid rise of Sacramento is also related to the protection of Sartre Castle. During the gold rush in California, Sacramento was a major distribution center, a commercial and agricultural center, and also the terminal of trucks, postal vehicles, ships, telegrams, express mail and the first transcontinental railway.

California State University Sacramento, often called Sacramento State University or Sack State University, is one of the largest universities in the city and one of the California State University systems with 23 branches. Drexel University in Sacramento and McGeorge College University in the Legal Pacific are both in Sacramento. In addition, the University of California, Davis, is near Davis, 0/5 miles (24 kilometers) west of the capital. The Davis Medical Center of the University of California, a world-renowned research institution, is located in Sacramento.