Fresno is a city in Central California, the
county seat of Fresno County. As of 2013, the city's population was 509,000
making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in
California and the 34th largest in the nation. Fresno is in the center of the
San Joaquin Valley and is the largest city in the Central Valley, which
contains the San Joaquin Valley. It is approximately 200 miles (320 km)
north of Los Angeles, and 170 miles (270 km) south of the state capital,
Sacramento. Metropolitan Fresno has a population of 1,107,416. The name Fresno
is the Spanish