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Fremont (IPA: /ˈfriːmɒnt/) is a city in California, USA that was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Irvington, Mission San Jose, Niles, and Warm Springs. more...

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The area now comprising Fremont and the adjoining cities of Newark (now an enclave within Fremont) and Union City was formerly known as Washington Township. Fremont is located in the southeast area of the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County. The city is named after John Charles Frémont, \"the Great Pathfinder.\"

Home to 210,158 people as of a 2005 estimate, Fremont is the fourth most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area. Due in large measure to immigration by refugees fleeing the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Afghan Civil War, and small amounts during the Taliban government during the late 1980s and 1990s, Fremont had the largest Afghan population in the United States in 2001. The diverse city demographic includes many Asian ethnic groups, including Indians, Chinese and other Asian groups, concentrated most heavily in the Mission San Jose District.

Fremont is the sister city to Elizabeth, South Australia, and to Fukaya, Saitama, in Japan.

Geography

Fremont is located at 37°32′35″N, 121°58′58″W (37.542943, -121.982786). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 87.1 square miles (225.6 km²), of which 76.7 square miles (198.6 km²) is land and 10.4 square miles (27.0 km²), 11.97%, is water. Fremont is bordered to the east by hills of the Diablo Range. The most prominent of these hills is Mission Peak, among the tallest points in the region at 2,517 feet (767 m). Mission Peak is a popular hiking spot in the East Bay Area.

As of the census of 2000, there were 203,413 people, 68,237 households, and 52,201 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,024.1/km² (2,652.3/sq mi) However, this number is deceptively low because the city limits include large areas of undevelopable marshland on the edge of the city. There were 69,452 housing units at an average density of 905.6/sq mi (349.7/km²).

2006 estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau report that the racial makeup of the city is 50% Asian, 30% White, 14% Latino, 2% African American, 13% from other races or multiracial, 0.52% Native American, and 0.40% Pacific Islander. Fremont's total household population was estimated then to be 210,387. The foreign-born population was 95,894, 51% of whom were naturalized US citizens. This data is preliminary and did not account for people living in group quarters, as in universities and prisons.

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