San Joaquin Valley

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Fresno is a city in the Midwest of California, 298 kilometers southeast of San Francisco. Population is 15,585 square kilometers (1980), according to the 2000 census figures, a total population of 799,407. County Fresno (Fresno). Founded in 1856. The county name means "elm tree" in Spanish. It rose in 1872 as a station on the Pacific Railway. Fresno is located in the center of San Joaquin Valley, a place that California cannot miss. It is the distribution center of cotton, grapes, vegetables, wheat and other materials in the San Joaquin Valley, and has become an important agricultural city in the United States. It is one of the main agricultural processing industries and food production sites in the United States. The agricultural processing industry is very rich, especially the production of raisins and winemaking is famous worldwide. Known as the "world raisin capital". Oil extraction nearby. For the entrance and exit of Yosemite National Park, tourism is developed. Fresno, once a desert, is now full of beautiful vineyards, orange orchards, as well as various crops such as cotton, corn, and a modern city and agricultural community.