
Fresno is a city in California, USA, the county seat of Fresno County. Fresno is located in the center of the San Joaquin Valley of Central California, approximately 200 miles (322 km) north of Los Angeles, and 170 miles (274 km) south of the state capital, Sacramento, and 160 miles (257 km) east of Seaside on the Pacific Ocean. The name Fresno is the Spanish language word for the ash tree, and an ash leaf is featured on the city's flag.