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