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Yosemite National Park /joʊˈsɛmᵻti/ yoh-SEM-it-ee[4] is a national park spanning portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in Northern California.[5][6] The park, which is managed by the National Park Service, covers an area of 747,956 acres 1,168.681 sq mi; 302,687 ha; 3,026.87 km2[2] and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.[7] On average, about 4 million people visit Yosemite each year,[3] and most spend the majority of their time in the seven square miles 18 km2 of Yosemite Valley.[8] The park set a visitation record in 2016, surpassing 5 million visitors for the first time in its history.[9]