California – California's capital is Sacramento

(Pronounced Kal-if-orn-ee-ah and Sak-ruh-men-toh)

To remember the capital of the US state California, use the following mnemonic:

In California, they all wear sacred mementoes (Sacramento) around their necks.

NOTE:

We are assuming that you can picture California as a surfer's paradise.

With a population of nearly 40 million, California is the most populous U.S. state. It is also the third-largest state by area (after Alaska and Texas). It is a global centre for information technology, including social media, and the film industry. If California were a country, it would be the world's fifth-largest economy (bigger than the UK). The state's economy is diverse, with 58% of it based on finance, government, real estate services, technology and professional, scientific and technical business services. Agriculture accounts for just 1.5% of California's economy, yet it still has the highest agricultural output of any U.S. state.

Interesting facts about Sacramento:

- City of Trees: Despite being a bustling urban capital, Sacramento holds the title of having one of the highest per-capita tree populations in the world, earning it the enduring nickname the “City of Trees.”

- Victorian Preservation: The city boasts one of the largest collections of preserved nineteenth-century Victorian architecture in the western United States, particularly clustered in its historic downtown neighbourhoods.

- River City Grid: Downtown Sacramento is famous for its unique grid system and its historic underground city, where streets were literally raised up by a full story in the 1860s to escape recurring river floods.