San Rafael, California
San Rafael (/ˌsæn rəˈfɛl/ SAN-rə-FE-el; Spanish pronunciation: [san rafaˈel] "Saint Raphael") is a city in and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 census the city's population is 61,271.[1]
The term "420" when used in reference to cannabis consumption is believed to have started in San Rafael, specifically, at San Rafael High School. Since then, use of "420" has spread throughout the rest of the United States, and much of the rest of the world, in reference to cannabis consumption on April 20 or at 4:20 p.m., the time the original group gathered after school.[2]
San Rafael has a Mediterranean climate (Csb in the Köppen climate classification).
San Rafael, California Media
- Mission San Rafael (Oriana Day).jpg
San Rafael was founded in 1817, when Mission San Rafael Arcángel was established by Vicente Sarría.
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San Rafael in the late 19th century
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Big Rock Ridge Fire Road, Lucas Valley-Marinwood, CA 9 Eastview
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National Register of Historic Places in Marin County, California. China Camp, China Camp State Park, San Rafael, CA. Photographed from the parking lot to the north of the Chinese fishing village.
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- Mission San Rafael Arcángel, May 2019-5990.jpg
Church of the Mission San Rafael Arcángel in San Rafael, Marin County, California
- Mission San Rafael Arcángel, San Rafael CA USA -The reconstructed capilla (chapel) at Mission San Rafael Arcángel - panoramio (cropped).jpg
- San Rafael Improvement Club 1801 5th Ave San Rafael CA 3-21-2010 3-29-02 PM (cropped).JPG
Historic San Rafael Improvement Club, one of only two surviving buildings from the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition
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Rafael Theater, famously seen in American Graffiti
References
- ↑ "QuickFacts: San Rafael city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ↑ David Mikkelson. "The Origins of 420". snopes.com.
