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. 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