San Diego
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°WCoordinates: 32°42′54″N 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
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| 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 |
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[2], the 5t lairgest coonty, bi population, in the Unitit States.
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.[3] San Diego's top fower industries are manufacturing, defense, tourism, and agriculture.[4] 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.[5] San Diego is an aa designatit as an iHub Innovation Center bi umwhile Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Office o Economic Development.[6][7]
Sister ceeties
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San Diego haes fifteen sister ceeties, as designatit bi Sister Cities International:[8]
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
Vladivostok, Roushie
Warsaw, Poland[9]
Yantai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Yokohama, Japan[10]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ U.S. Census
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 7 Juin 2011.
- ↑ Clemence, Sara (28 October 2005). "Richest Cities In The U.S." Forbes. Retrieved 22 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ "City of San Diego website: Economic Development". Sandiego.gov. Archived frae the original on 6 Mey 2010. Retrieved 1 Julie 2010.
- ↑ Doyle, Monica (5 Februar 2004). "UCSD Extension Awarded A $150,000 Grant For Biotechnology Collaboration With Israel". UCSD News. Retrieved 22 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 18 Julie 2011. Retrieved 25 Januar 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ Videos - San Diego: Global Center of Health Care Innovation - West Wireless Health Institute[deid airtin]
- ↑ "Online Directory: California, USA". Sister Cities International. Archived frae the original on 16 Januar 2008. Retrieved 22 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ "Miasta partnerskie Warszawy". um.warszawa.pl. Biuro Promocji Miasta. 4 Mey 2005. Archived frae the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
- ↑ "Eight Cities/Six Ports: Yokohama's Sister Cities/Sister Ports". Yokohama Convention & Visitiors Bureau. Archived frae the original on 5 Mey 2009. Retrieved 18 Julie 2009. freemit airtin in
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