San Diego
San Diego (pronounced /ˌsæn diːˈeɪɡoʊ/ (deprecatit template)), named efter Saunt Didacus (Spaingie: Diego de Alcalá), is the aicht-lairgest ceety in the Unitit States an seicont-lairgest ceety in Californie, efter Los Angeles, wi a population o 1,306,300 (Jul 2009) athin its admeenistrative limits on a land aurie o 372.1 square miles (963.7 km2).
The ceety is locatit on the coast o the Paceefic Ocean in Soothren Californie. The urban aurie o San Diego extends ayont the admeenistrative ceety limits wi a population o 2,880,000. San Diego is an aa the coonty seat o San Diego Coonty, the 5t lairgest coonty, bi population, in the Unitit States.
San Diego | |
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Ceety | |
| City of San Diego | |
 Images frae top, left tae richt: San Diego Skyline, Coronado Bridge, museum in Balboa Park, Serra Museum in Presidio Park an the Old Point Loma lighthouse | |
 Banner  Seal | |
| Eik-name(s): America's Finest City | |
| Motto(s): Semper Vigilans (Laitin for "Iver Vigilant") | |
 Location o San Diego athin San Diego Coonty | |
  San Diego Location in the Unitit States | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′54″N 117°09′45″W / 32.71500°N 117.16250°W 117°09′45″W / 32.71500°N 117.16250°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Californie |
| Coonty | San Diego |
| Foondit | 16 Julie 1769 |
| Incorporated | 27 Mairch 1850 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Mayor-council |
| • Bodi | San Diego City Council |
| • Mayor | Jerry Sanders |
| • Ceety Attorney | Jan Goldsmith |
| • City Council memmers | Leet |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 964.506 km2 (372.398 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 842.233 km2 (325.188 sq mi) |
| • Water | 122.273 km2 (47.210 sq mi) 12.68% |
| Elevation | 22 m (72–400 ft) |
| Population (Census 2010) | |
| • Ceety | 1,301,617 |
| • Rank | 1st in San Diego Coonty 2nt in Californie 8t in the Unitit States |
| • Density | 1545.4/km2 (4,003/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,095,313 |
| Demonym(s) | San Diegan |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 92101-92117, 92119-92124, 92126-92140, 92142, 92145, 92147, 92149-92155, 92158-92172, 92174-92177, 92179, 92182, 92184, 92186, 92187, 92190-92199 |
| Area code(s) | 619, 858 |
| FIPS code | 66000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1661377 |
| Website | www.sandiego.gov |
The ceety is the economic centre o the San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos metropolitan aurie considered congruent wi the coonty. The ceety wis ratit the fift-best place tae live in the Unitit States in 2006 bi Money magazine. Accordin tae Forbes magazine, San Diego is the fift-wealthiest ceety in the Unitit States an the 9t safest ceety in the top 10 leet o safest ceeties in the U.S. San Diego's top fower industries are manufacturing, defense, tourism, and agriculture. San Diego's economy is lairgely composed o agricultur, biotechnology/biosciences, computer sciences, electronics manufacturin, defense-relatit manufacturin, financial an business services, ship repair, ship construction, software development, telecommunications, wireless research, an tourism. The presence o the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) wi the affiliatit UCSD Medical Center promotes research in biotechnology. San Diego is an aa designatit as an iHub Innovation Center bi umwhile Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Office o Economic Development.
Sister ceeties
San Diego haes fifteen sister ceeties, as designatit bi Sister Cities International:
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Campinas, Brazil
Cavite, Philippines
Edinburgh, Scotland, Unitit Kinrick
Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Jeonju, Sooth Korea
León, Mexico
Perth, Australie
Taichung, Taiwan, Republic o Cheenae
Tema, Ghana- Tijuana, Mexico
Vladivostok, Roushie
Warsaw, Poland
Yantai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Yokohama, Japan
References
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