Santa Rosa Wedding

Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California. As of July 1, 2005, the population was approximately 156,200 residents. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Santa Rosa is located at 3826'55" North, 12242'17" West (38.448611, -122.704646)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 104.6 km (40.4 mi). 103.9 km (40.1 mi) of it is land and 0.6 km (0.2 mi) of it is water. The total area is 0.62% water.

Santa Rosa lies along the U.S. Route 101 corridor approximately 55 miles north of San Francisco via the Golden Gate Bridge. The city lies on the Santa Rosa Plain; its eastern extremities stretch into The Valley of the Moon (Sonoma Valley), while its western edge abuts the largely-rural rolling hills of western Sonoma County. To the north and to the south, a relatively developed corridor along Highway 101 leads to neighboring town of Windsor and city of Rohnert Park, respectively. Santa Rosa is part of the North Bay region, which includes such cities as Napa, San Rafael and Vallejo.