Silicon Valley is in a populous region and is cultured.
Silicon Valley is a nickname for the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area , in the northern part of the U.S. state of California .	San Francisco Bay Area	San Francisco Bay Area	California	California	northern part	Northern California	U.S. state	U.S. state	San Francisco	San Francisco
The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation 's second - and fifth-most populous urban regions , respectively .	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Greater Los Angeles Area	Greater Los Angeles Area	San Francisco Bay Area	San Francisco Bay Area	populous urban regions	List of primary statistical areas of the United States
San Francisco -LRB- initials SF -RRB- -LRB- -LSB- sn_frnssko -RSB- , Spanish for Saint Francis ; Spanish : -LSB- san fransisko -RSB- -RRB- , officially the City and County of San Francisco , is the cultural , commercial , and financial center of Northern California .	California	California	Spanish	Spanish language	Saint Francis	Francis of Assisi	Northern California	Northern California
