northern california

Northern California (sometimes NorCal) refers to the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, roughly covering all of those counties except for the ten counties which make up Southern California. It is characterized by its beautiful coastline, mediterranean climate, relatively low population density (apart from the San Francisco Bay Area and metropolitan Sacramento), and redwood forests.Northern California's largest metropolitan area is San Jose, CaliforniaSan Jose and its Silicon Valley suburbs. Other major cities include San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco, Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento (the state capital), and Oakland, CaliforniaOakland.

Higher education -

California State University, Chico

California State University, East Bay (formerly California State University, Hayward)

California State University, Sacramento

Humboldt State University

Saint Mary's College of California

Santa Clara University

San José State University

Sonoma State University

Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of the Pacific

University of San FranciscoNorthern California is also home to a number of seminaries including Fuller Theological Seminary (see also Fuller Northern California), with campuses in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Sacramento.

NorCal Regions - listdev

San Francisco Bay Area

*North Bay (California)North Bay !(Marin_County%2C_CaliforniaMarin, !Sonoma_County%2C_CaliforniaSonoma, !Solano_County%2C_CaliforniaSolano, and !Napa_County%2C_CaliforniaNapa counties)

*East Bay (California)East Bay

*South Bay (Santa Clara Valley, "Silicon Valley")

*San Francisco PeninsulaThe Peninsula

Wine Country

Salinas Valley, including Salinas, CaliforniaSalinas and King City, CaliforniaKing City

Gold Country

Shasta Cascade

Emerald Triangle

Sacramento Valley

San Joaquin Valley, with the exception of Kern County. However, the central San Joaquin Valley (consisting of San Joaquin County, CaliforniaSan Joaquin, Stanislaus County, CaliforniaStanislaus, Merced County, CaliforniaMerced, Madera County, CaliforniaMadera, Fresno County, CaliforniaFresno, Kings County, CaliforniaKings, and Tulare County, CaliforniaTulare counties) is often referred to as Central California.California Category:California !geographybg:Се 74;ерна ;? !Кали&# 1092;орн 80;яde:Nordkalifornienpt :Norte? da Califórnia

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