| San Diego is the 2nd largest city in | | | | - SeaWorld San Diego |
| California and 8th largest in the United | | | | |
| States of America. The city is located in San | | | | - Torrey Pines Golf Course |
| Diego County, at the extreme southwestern | | | | |
| corner of the contiguous United States. As of | | | | - USS Midway |
| 2006, the city had an estimated population of | | | | |
| 1,256,951, with 2,941,454 living in the San | | | | Here are some other facts about the area: |
| Diego metropolitan area (4,922,723 if one | | | | |
| counts Tijuana, Mexico). | | | | - Important sectors of San Diego's economy |
| | | | include biotechnology, wireless cellular |
| The name of San Diego originates with Spanish | | | | technology, defense and tourism. Some of the |
| explorer, Sebastián VizcaÃno, who | | | | major companies that have based their |
| mapped the area in the early 17th century. | | | | headquarters in San Diego include General |
| VizcaÃno is known to have explored the | | | | Atomics, Qualcomm, Science Applications |
| harbor, Mission Bay, and Point Loma. He named | | | | International Corporation and Websense. |
| the area after Saint St. Didacus, who is more | | | | |
| commonly known as "San Diego". | | | | - Professional sports franchises in San Diego |
| | | | include the baseball team, the San Diego |
| Some of the attractions in the San Diego area | | | | Padres, and the NFL American football team, |
| include: | | | | the San Diego Chargers. |
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| - Knott's Soak City | | | | - Probably the best known educational |
| | | | institution in San Diego is the University of |
| - Maritime Museum of San Diego | | | | California, San Diego ("UCSD"). The |
| | | | University of California, San Diego ("UCSD") |
| - Point Loma (including Cabrillo National | | | | is a public coeducational research university |
| Monument) | | | | that was founded in 1960. |
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| - San Diego Zoo | | | | - The principal airport for San Diego is San |
| | | | Diego International Airport ("Lindbergh |
| - San Diego Wild Animal Park | | | | Field"). |
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