San Diego

San Diego
San Diego
	Ceety
	City of San Diego
	Images frae top, left tae richt: San Diego Skyline, Coronado Bridge, museum in Balboa Park, Serra Museum in Presidio Park an the Old Point Loma lighthouse
	Banner Seal
	Eik-name(s): America's Finest City
	Motto(s): Semper Vigilans (Laitin for "Iver Vigilant")
	Location o San Diego ; athin San Diego Coonty
	San Diego Location in the Unitit States
	Coordinates: 32°42′54″N 117°09′45″W / 32.71500°N 117.16250°WCoordinates: 32°42′54″N 117°09′45″W / 32.71500°N 117.16250°W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Californie
Coonty	San Diego
Foondit	16 Julie 1769
Incorporated	27 Mairch 1850
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-council
• Bodi	San Diego City Council
• Mayor	Jerry Sanders
• Ceety Attorney	Jan Goldsmith
• City Council memmers	Leet
Area
• Ceety	964.506 km2 (372.398 sq mi)
• Laund	842.233 km2 (325.188 sq mi)
• Water	122.273 km2 (47.210 sq mi) 12.68%
Elevation	22 m (72–400 ft)
Population (Census 2010)
• Ceety	1,301,617
• Rank	1st in San Diego Coonty; 2nt in Californie; 8t in the Unitit States
• Density	1545.4/km2 (4,003/sq mi)
• Metro	3,095,313
Demonym(s)	San Diegan
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	92101-92117, 92119-92124, 92126-92140, 92142, 92145, 92147, 92149-92155, 92158-92172, 92174-92177, 92179, 92182, 92184, 92186, 92187, 92190-92199
Area code(s)	619, 858
FIPS code	66000
GNIS feature ID	1661377
Website	www.sandiego.gov

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^[2], 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.^[3] San Diego's top fower industries are manufacturing, defense, tourism, and agriculture.^[4] 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.^[5] San Diego is an aa designatit as an iHub Innovation Center bi umwhile Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Office o Economic Development.^[6]^[7]