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San Francisco, CA 94101
San
Francisco, California
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San Diego is a
coastal Southern California city located in
the southwestern corner of the continental
United States. As of 2005, the city has a
population of 1,255,240 people. It is the
second largest city in California and the
eighth largest in the United States. The
larger metropolitan area is the
seventeenth-largest in the United States,
with a population over 2.9 million. It lies
just north of the Mexican border (shares
border with Tijuana, Mexico), and is a home
for United States Navy and Marine Corps
bases, many miles of beaches, and a mild
marine climate. The annual mean temperature
is 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit (18°C). San
Diego's economy centers on tourism, trade,
agriculture, ship-building, the military,
biotechnology, computer science and
electronics.
The University of California, San Diego and
nearby research institutes on Torrey Mesa
provide a base for technological innovation
and there are numerous high-tech and biotech
companies in the area, such as Qualcomm,
Neurocrine, Illumina, and Genentech of
Oceanside. Major tourists attractions
include the city's beaches and bays, Balboa
Park with its many museums, the San Diego
Zoo, Sea World, San Diego Wild Animal Park
(in Escondido, north of the city) and Old
Town, the site of the original Spanish
settlement.
Downtown San Diego is located on San Diego
Bay. Coronado and Point Loma separate the
bay from the ocean. Ocean Beach is on the
west side of Point Loma. Mission Beach and
Pacific Beach lie between the ocean and
Mission Bay, a man-made aquatic park. La
Jolla, an affluent community, lies north of
Pacific Beach. Mount Soledad in La Jolla
offers views from northern San Diego County
to Mexico.
Mountains rise to the east of the city, and
beyond the mountains are desert areas.
Cleveland National Forest is a half-hour
drive from downtown San Diego. Numerous
farms are found in the valleys northeast of
the city. The city of San Diego itself has
deep canyons separating its mesas, creating
small pockets of natural parkland scattered
throughout the city.
Military bases in or near San Diego include
U.S. Navy ports, Marine Corps bases, and
Coast Guard stations. San Diego is the home
port of the largest naval fleet in the
world, including two Navy supercarriers (the
USS Nimitz and the USS Ronald Reagan), five
amphibious assault ships, several Los
Angeles-class submarines, and many smaller
ships.
One of the Marine Corps' two Recruit Depots
is located here. San Diego is also known as
the "birthplace of naval aviation," although
Pensacola, Florida makes a rival claim.
Four Navy vessels have been named USS San
Diego in honor of the city.
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