San
Diego is a coastal Southern California city
located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States.
In 2006, the city's population was estimated to be 1,256,951.0It
is the second largest city in California and the eighth largest
city in the United States, by population. It is the county seat
of San Diego County. and is the economic center of the San Diego–Carlsbad–San
Marcos metropolitan area, the 17th-largest in the United States
with a population of 2.9 million as of 2006, and the 21st-largest
metropolitan area in the Americas when including Tijuana (See
San Diego-Tijuana Metro.).
San Diego County
lies just north of the Mexican border—sharing a border with
Tijuana—and lies south of Orange County. It is home to miles
of beaches, a mild Mediterranean climate and 16 military facilities
hosting the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard
and the United States Marine Corps.
The University of California,
San Diego (UCSD) and the affiliated UCSD Medical Center combined
with nearby research institutes in the Torrey Pines area of La
Jolla make the area influential in biotechnology research. San
Diego's economy is largely composed of agriculture, biotechnology/biosciences,
computer sciences, electronics manufacturing, defense-related
manufacturing, financial and business services, ship-repair and
construction, software development, telecommunications, and tourism |