Sacramento |
Sacramento (Sacramento) - capital of California in which megacity lives 1340 thousand persons.
The city is located to the northeast from San Francisco, on a joint of the river Sacramento with other rivers of the Californian valley of Sacramento (Sacramento Valley), occupying on the area of 137 km. Sacramento - a historical city of the American West. It has been based in 1849 by John Satterom Mladshim (John A.Sutter, Jr) - the son имигранта from Switzerland which has based the first "white" settlement in this region. In days of Californian "a gold fever" 1849 of Sacramento became the area centre старателей. In 1863 from Sacramento building of the first railway transport highway of the USA - "Central Pacific Railroad" has begun. And prompt growth of the industry of a city and a gain of its population has begun with the end of 1940.
In the capital centre there is a Capitol of the State of California - the governmental building, which surrounds park (Capitol Park), occupying territory in 16 hectares. And initially the city has started to be built up on east coast of the river Sacramento (Sacramento River). And within 1800 the first city structure here has been based. Now this area of old buildings and factories name Old Sacramento (Old Sacramento).
In Sacramento there is the biggest in the world a railway museum "The California State Railroad Museum".
Near to a city the largest military-air base "McClellan Air Force Base" settles down. In 1963 the artificial ship canal which has connected port of Sacramento with harbour of San Francisco and Pacific ocean has been built. The passenger railway, two cargo railroad lines, four largest highways of highways serve staff capital. In the city northwest there is an international airport "Sacramento International Airport", and in the centre of Sacramento - the airport of local messages serving business and private avia-flights.
In Sacramento there is a ballet troupe, a symphonic orchestra and some theatres. In a city of 80 parks. Biggest of them, "William Land Park", occupies the space of 96 hectares and includes golf courses and a zoo in which 450 kinds of various animals and birds are collected.
