
Updated at 2023-06-15
The emblem of Fremont on the business card holder depicts Mission Peak, the popular viewpoint overlooking the entire Silicon Valley. The lens cloth is imprinted with scenes of Fremont, highlighting its pleasant climate, surrounding mountains, and tree-lined streets. Though several thousand miles apart, Fermont City has a similar charm to Afghanistan. After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, the United States saw a large influx of Afghan refugees, a large portion of which wound up in Fermont. Today, the city is known as the city with the largest Afghan diaspora in America.
Language: English
Area: 225.6 square kilometers
Population: 230,000
Main industries/features: Fremont, California has the largest Afghan communities in the U.S.