San Diego

San Diego (), 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.Videos - San Diego: Global Center of Health Care Innovation - West Wireless Health Institute

 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 


Category:San Diego metropolitan aurie
Category:Coonty seats in Californie
Category:Populatit places established in 1769
Category:Ceeties in San Diego Coonty
Category:Ceeties in Soothren Californie
Category:Populatit coastal places in Californie
Category:Incorporatit ceeties in Californie