San Francisco iherereye ku gice cy'amajyaruguru y'igice cya San Francisco, kandi kimwe mu mateka yacyo yose umujyi wari ikintu cy'ingenzi cy'akarere n'ikigobe. Uyu ni umujyi wa kane wa Californiya, n'umujyi wa cumi na kabiri mu gihugu.
Mu rubanza, irembo rya zahabu ry'Abasipasige ryerekanwe hano mu 1776, rishinga ubutumwa hano, bwitangiye Francis Mutagatifu. Umujyi uri hafi ya Fort witwa Yerba-buen. Mu gihe cya zahabu, mu 1848, umujyi watangiye gukura vuba kandi wahinduwe kuri San Francisco. Byongeye kandi, imyanya myiza ya gahunda nayo yazamuwe kandi, mukesha umujyi wabaye icyambu cyingenzi. Igihe isosiyete yategurwaga cyane mu gihugu, umujyi wabonye urwego rw'ikigo gikomeye cy'ubukungu, kandi uruhande rw'umuco rwatangiye gukura hano.
Umujyi wa kera muri iki gihe wahinduka ahantu hatangaje gusura ubukerarugendo, ariko inkuru yateye imbere ukundi. Nyuma y'umutingito wangiza, amatariki yagarutse kugeza mu 1906, umujyi urenga 80% warasenyutse. Umujyi wuzuye umuraba munini, maze umuriro uvuza inkuba ikikije umujyi wose. Inkambi z'impunzi ziri mu Irembo rya Parike, kimwe n'ahantu hataha ku mucanga ndetse n'andi bice bitari byo mu mujyi. Muri iyo minsi, abantu barenga ibihumbi bitatu bariciwe hano.
Nyuma yibi bintu nkibi, igice cyose cyose cyumujyi cyongeye kubakwa mugihe cyihuse cyane. Uwashinze gahunda yo gusubirwamo, Daninham, wateguye kubaka Avenue na Ottoman-Style Amajwi hamwe n'umuyoboro munini wo gutwara unyura mu mujyi wose. Nubwo umugambi utabyemeye, kandi umujyi winjiye gusa muburyo bwumwimerere. Ariko, ibintu byinshi muri gahunda biracyafite ubutwaza mu buzima, ahagaragara na Metro mu muhanda w'isoko, umuhango wo guhagarikwa Umusozi wa Telegraph, umuhanga mu mihanda minini, ndetse n'umuhanda munini n'inzira nyamukuru y'intwaro za San Francisco.
San Francisco iherereye ku nkombe y'iburengerazuba bwa Amerika, San Francisco arimo izindi kirwa byinshi, harimo n'ikirwa kizwi cyane cya Alcatras, Ikirwa cya Cherry, Yerba Buen. Kimwe n'ibirwa byinshi bidatuwe Farlon, biherereye kilometero 40 uvuye mu mujyi. Umujyi nawo uzwi cyane ku misozi yacyo, ari nko mukarere ka 42 mu mujyi. Icyamamare cyane muri ba mukerarugendo ni imisozi ya impanga pigiseli, aho uburebure bwa biryo butanga ibitekerezo byiza bya San Francisco.
Ikirere cy'umujyi gifite ibintu byinshi bisa n'ikirere cya Mediterane, hamwe n'imbeho yoroshye kandi ishyushye no gukama icyi. Ariko kubera ubukonje bwinyanja ya pasifika, akenshi nibyiza cyane hano. Byongeye kandi, umujyi uturutse impande eshatu uzengurutse amazi, niba rero uteganya gusura San Francisco mumezi, birakenewe gufata neza hamwe nawe. Ibintu bishyushye nabyo bigomba gufatwa nabo murugendo ku nkombe, kuko mu kirere gikonje gishobora kugira umuyaga ukonje uhuje, kandi mugihe hasohoka amazi yo mu kirere. Irashobora gukora igihu gitwikira cyane mumujyi mu cyi. Rimwe na rimwe, igihu cyerekana umujyi wose, bityo ntibitangara.
Naho ibikorwa remezo byumujyi, San Francisco yahisemo uburyo bwo kumuhanda uherereye mu Burayi aho kuba mu nzira nyabagendwa kuri Amerika. Abatuye kuri 35% barenga 35% buri munsi bakoresha ubwikorezi rusange, bugereranywa na bisi, bisi ya Trolley, kimwe n'ubutaka n'indaya ryihuta cyane bita Muni Metro. Byongeye kandi, gahunda ya suburban nayo iratera imbere hano, sisitemu ihuza San Francisco n'Iburasirazuba.
Naho ibyiza bya San Francisco kubandi mijyi yo muri Amerika, ni byiza kuvuga ko iyi ari imwe mumijyi myiza itanga imyidagaduro myinshi. Ahantu hihariye k'umujyi ku nkombe z'inyanja ya pasifika itanga mukerarugendo kugira uruhare mu mvugo zituruka ku nkombe, kandi imitsi itandukanye nijoro izashimangira iyi ngingo. Aha ni ahantu heza ho kubana nabana, kuko ku butaka bwa San Francisco nisi itangaje ya Walt Disney, kimwe n'ikigo hamwe na bovele bose, ubu, arry potter, hamwe nibindi bitangaje nka zoo na aquarium.
Byongeye kandi, umujyi ni ahantu hadasanzwe hadasanzwe kuko hari parike zigera kuri magana abiri mumujyi, ntabwo kubara amashyamba ari inzitizi. Kurugero, hari parike ya kera yumusozi, yashinze muri 1867, hamwe na parike izwi cyane muri ba mukerarugendo - Irembo rya Zahabu, uburebure buva mu mujyi rwagati mu nyanja ya pasika.
Ibisobanuro bitandukanye bikwiye ubusitani bwicyayi cy'Ubuyapani, kimwe n'indabyo, tutibagiwe n'ubusitani butangaje bwa botanalic strabing-Arboterium.
Umujyi uhora urenga umubare munini wiminsi mikuru yumuhanda, parade nimpande zitandukanye. Muri Nzeri, umuhanda wa Bazaar ufuzwa hano, muri Gashyantare - parade y'umwaka mushya w'Ubushinwa, mu Kwakira - icyumweru gito, kimwe n'icyumweru cyiza (ibirori byinshi) n'abandi benshi. Mu mujyi hari kandi amarushanwa ya siporo nubuhanga. Igihembwe kinini cyo mumijyi gifite iminsi mikuru yabo yihariye, nkumunsi mukuru wizuru-nyanja cyangwa umunsi mukuru wubuhanzi wumuhanda.
Naho umutekano muri San Francisco, ba mukerarugendo wenyine hano bigomba gukurikirwa nibintu byagaciro, kuko mumujyi hari amajwi mato, kandi ntibikwiye kugenda bitinze. Nibyiza kongera gushimangira.
Ku bakerarugendo bahitamo kuzigama, ndakugira inama yo kwakira amacumbi n'amahoteri nk'igitanda na mu gitondo, bitanga urwego rwo hasi. Kandi, nubwo umujyi uhenze cyane, hano urashobora kubona ibigo na hoteri muburyo bwingengo yimari. Byongeye kandi, ibinezeza byoroshye birahendutse hano, cyangwa ni ubuntu. Kurugero, gufungura garileries, gutembera muri parike cyangwa iminsi mikuru myinshi yumuhanda ishobora kuba umusimbura mwiza kumashyaka yintoki. Niba ufite amakuru, hano urashobora kuruhuka bidasubirwaho.