Sacramento, California |
State capital and city of California |
City of Sacramento |
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Nickname(s): "City of Trees", "Sactown", "Sac", "Sacto", "River City" |
Motto(s): Latin: Urbs Indomita
(English: "Indomitable City") |

Location of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California |
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Coordinates: 38°33′20″N 121°28′08″W
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Country |
United States |
State |
California |
County |
Sacramento
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Region |
Sacramento Valley |
CSA |
Sacramento-Roseville |
MSA |
Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade |
Incorporated |
February 27, 1850[1] |
Chartered |
1920[2] |
Named for |
Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist |
Government |
• Type |
City Council[3] |
• Body |
Sacramento City Council |
• Mayor |
Darrell Steinberg (D)[4] |
• City Council[4] |
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Area[5] |
• City |
100.11 sq mi (259.27 km2) |
• Land |
97.92 sq mi (253.62 km2) |
• Water |
2.18 sq mi (5.65 km2) 2.19% |
Elevation[6] |
30 ft (9 m) |
Population (2010) |
• City |
501,334 |
• Estimate (2018)[7] |
501,334 |
• Rank |
1st in Sacramento County
6th in California
35th in the United States |
• Density |
5,057.33/sq mi (1,952.65/km2) |
• Urban[8] |
1,723,634 |
• Metro[9] |
2,149,127 |
• CSA[10] |
2,414,783 |
Demonym(s) |
Sacramentan |
Time zone |
Pacific (UTC−8) |
• Summer (DST) |
PDT (UTC−7) |
ZIP codes |
942xx, 958xx |
Area code |
916 and 279 |
FIPS code |
06-64000 |
GNIS feature IDs |
1659564, 2411751 |
Website |
cityofsacramento.org |
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