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| Sacramento Apartment Locator Services : Sacramento |  | Contents | |
| Geography |
- Elevation: 25 feet.
- Latitude: 38° 31' N. – Longitude: 121° 30' W.
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| According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has
a total area of 257.0 km² (99.2 mi²). 251.6 km²
(97.2 mi²) of it is land and 5.4 km² (2.1 mi²)
of it is water;2.1% of the area is water. The population in
2000 was 407,018; the 1980 population was 275,741. The city's
current estimated population is around 418,000. |
| The City is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River
and the American River, and has a deepwater port connected to
the San Francisco Bay by a channel through Suisun Bay and the
Sacramento River Delta. It is the shipping and rail center for
the Sacramento Valley, fruit, vegetables, rice, wheat, dairy
goods and beef. Food processing is among the major industries
in the area. |
| Much of the land to the west of the city (in Yolo County)
is a flood control basin. As a result, the greater metropolitan
area sprawls only four miles west of downtown (as West Sacramento,
California) but 30 miles northeast and east, into the Sierra
Nevada foothills, and 10 miles to the south into valley farmland. |
| Sacramento is located about 85 miles northeast of San Francisco
and 135 miles southwest of Reno, Nevada on Interstate 80. It
is 385 miles north of Los Angeles on Interstate 5. |
| Sacramento Regional Transit District operates a bus and light
rail network. A commuter rail service, Amtrak's Capitol Corridor,
links Sacramento to the San Francisco Bay Area. Amtrak's California
Zephyr transcontinental rail service also calls at the city. |
| The Sacramento International Airport handles flights coming
from and going to various United States destinations (including
Hawaii) as well as Mexico. |
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