San Antonio | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-08

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio


00:04:09 1 History
00:13:58 2 Geography
00:15:33 2.1 Neighborhoods
00:15:42 2.1.1 Downtown
00:16:21 2.1.2 North Central
00:16:50 2.1.3 Northwest Side
00:17:27 2.1.4 South Side
00:17:52 2.1.5 East Side
00:18:07 2.1.6 West Side
00:18:43 2.2 Vegetation
00:19:13 2.3 Climate
00:22:36 3 Demographics
00:27:20 3.1 Religion
00:28:59 4 Economy
00:32:15 4.1 Military installations
00:32:55 4.2 Relocation losses
00:33:27 5 Culture
00:33:36 5.1 Attractions
00:38:22 6 Sports
00:38:31 6.1 Professional sports
00:42:13 6.2 College sports
00:44:18 7 Crime
00:46:27 8 Government
00:49:01 8.1 Growth policy
00:51:42 8.2 State and federal representation
00:52:27 9 Education
00:54:57 10 Media and entertainment
00:55:07 10.1 Print
00:57:00 10.2 Radio
01:00:39 10.3 Television
01:02:10 10.4 Annual events
01:02:54 11 Transportation
01:03:04 11.1 Air
01:04:01 11.2 Mass transit
01:06:13 11.3 Rail
01:07:29 11.4 Road
01:14:52 11.5 Bicycle paths
01:15:33 11.6 Bicycle sharing
01:16:19 11.7 Walkability
01:16:46 12 In popular culture
01:17:29 13 International relations
01:17:39 13.1 Sister cities
01:18:44 13.2 Friendship cities
01:19:04 14 See also



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San Antonio (; from Spanish, "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, has more than 1.5 million residents. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States. Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city became the first chartered civil settlement in present-day Texas in 1731. The area was still part of the Spanish Empire, and later of the Mexican Republic. Today it is the state's oldest municipality.The city's deep history is contrasted with its rapid recent growth during the past few decades: it was the fastest-growing of the top ten largest cities in the United States from 2000 to 2010, and the second from 1990 to 2000. Straddling the regional divide between South and Central Texas, San Antonio anchors the southwestern corner of an urban megaregion colloquially known as the "Texas Triangle".
San Antonio serves as the seat of Bexar County; recent annexations have extended the city's boundaries into Medina County and, for a tiny area near the city of Garden Ridge, into Comal County. Since San Antonio was founded during the Spanish Colonial Era, it has a church (San Fernando Cathedral) in its center, on the main civic plaza in front, a characteristic of many Spanish-founded cities, towns, and villages in Spain and Latin America. As with many other urban centers in the Southwestern United States, areas outside the city limits are sparsely populated.
San Antonio is the center of the San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area. Commonly called Greater San Antonio, the metro area has a population of 2,473,974 based on the 2017 U.S. census estimate, making it the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States and third-largest in Texas. Growth along the Interstate 35 and Interstate 10 corridors to the north, west and east make it likely that the metropolitan area will continue to expand.
San Antonio was named by a 1691 Spanish expedition for Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day is June 13. The city contains five 18th-century Spanish frontier missions, including The Alamo and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, which together were designated UNESCO World Heritage sites in 2015. Other notable attractions include the River Walk, the Tower of the Americas, SeaWorld, the Alamo Bowl, and Marriage Island. Commercial entertainment includes Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Morgan's Wonderland amusement parks. According to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city is visited by about 32 million tourists a year. It is hom ...