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Richmond, California
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<p>Richmond is a city in western <a href="/facts/Contra_Costa_County%2c_California/DJFNGFcF">Contra Costa County, California</a>, United States. The city was <a href="/facts/Municipal_corporation/VunELtxx">incorporated</a> on August 3, 1905, and has a <a href="/facts/Richmond%2c_California%2c_City_Council/AXug77Mc">city council</a>. Located in the <a href="/facts/San_Francisco_Bay_Area/MG53NJ36">San Francisco Bay Area</a>'s <a href="/facts/East_Bay/I0wDzgD6">East Bay</a> region, Richmond borders <a href="/facts/San_Pablo%2c_California/7cqvN4tm">San Pablo</a>, <a href="/facts/Albany%2c_California/zUwjFdl5">Albany</a>, <a href="/facts/El_Cerrito%2c_California/77UuIcyN">El Cerrito</a> and <a href="/facts/Pinole%2c_California/uHkKnw32">Pinole</a> in addition to the <a href="/facts/Unincorporated_area/q4EGarYy">unincorporated communities</a> of <a href="/facts/North_Richmond%2c_California/uBTrmPA8">North Richmond</a>, Hasford Heights, <a href="/facts/Kensington%2c_California/NuMbaz8I">Kensington</a>, <a href="/facts/El_Sobrante%2c_Contra_Costa_County%2c_California/X55pmeF8">El Sobrante</a>, <a href="/facts/Bayview-Montalvin_Manor/osh4lh4M">Bayview-Montalvin Manor</a>, <a href="/facts/Tara_Hills%2c_California/HGYx1Jdu">Tara Hills</a>, and <a href="/facts/East_Richmond_Heights%2c_California/eUJlWyJL">East Richmond Heights</a>, and for a short distance San Francisco on <a href="/facts/Red_Rock_Island/pm7PAx4l">Red Rock Island</a> in the <a href="/facts/San_Francisco_Bay/gupuMeaU">San Francisco Bay</a>. </p><p>Richmond is one of two cities, the other being <a href="/facts/San_Rafael%2c_California/E4mT9pJn">San Rafael</a>, that sits on the shores of both San Francisco Bay and <a href="/facts/San_Pablo_Bay/Fw2wGjgI">San Pablo Bay</a>. Its population was 116,448 as of the <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_census/dTEm5TRr">2020 United States census</a> making it the second largest city in the United States named Richmond after <a href="/facts/Richmond%2c_Virginia/RPT22L8B">Richmond, Virginia</a>. </p>