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San Diego is the seat of San Diego County, which has a population of nearly 3.3 million people. [15] It is known for its mild year-round Mediterranean climate, extensive beaches and parks, its long association with the United States Navy, and its recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Old Town, San Diego. Coordinates: 32°45′27.45″N 117°11′44.11″W. The entrance of Old town. Old Town is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It contains 230 acres (93 ha) and is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Mission Hills on the east and south. [1] It is the oldest settled area in San Diego and is ...
The history of San Diego began in the present state of California, when Europeans first began inhabiting the San Diego Bay region. As the first area of California in which Europeans settled, San Diego has been described as "the birthplace of California". [1] Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was the first European to discover San Diego Bay in ...
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Spanish: Misión San Diego de Alcalá) was the second Franciscan founded mission in The Californias (after San Fernando de Velicata), a province of New Spain. Located in present-day San Diego, California , it was founded on July 16, 1769, by Spanish friar Junípero Serra , in an area long inhabited by the ...
San Diego County (/ ˌsæn diˈeɪɡoʊ / ⓘ), officially the County of San Diego (Spanish: Condado de San Diego), is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, [7] making it California's second-most populous county and the fifth-most populous in the United States.
Established on March 13, 1897, San Diego State University first began as the San Diego Normal School, and was initially meant to educate local women as elementary school teachers. It was located on a 17-acre (6.9 ha) campus on Park Boulevard in University Heights (now the headquarters of the San Diego Unified School District ).
Coronado, California. Coronado (Spanish for "Crowned") is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, United States, across San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. [5] It was founded in the 1880s and incorporated in 1890. Its population was 20,192 in 2020, [6] down from 24,697 in 2010. [7][8]
San Diego–Tijuana is served by of two major international airports: San Diego International Airport and Tijuana International Airport (General Abelardo L. Rodríguez), and one regional airport McClellan-Palomar Airport (Carlsbad). San Diego International Airport is located 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of Centre City and 20 mi (32 km) from Tijuana.