A Short History of San Diego California as of 09.27.2009!
San Diego
(pronouncedˌsændiˈego), named after Saint Didacus in Spanish, is the second-largest city in
California and the
ninth largest city in the United States, located
along the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of the United
States. The
California Department of Finance estimates the
city's population at 1,353,993 as of January 1, 2009.
This coastal city is also the
county seat of
San Diego County
as well as the economic center of the San Diego-Carlsbad-San
Marcos metropolitan area. As of 2008, this metropolitan
area is the
17th-largest in the United States with a population
of 3,001,072 and the
38th-largest metropolitan area in the
Americas when including
Tijuana, Mexico. According to
Forbes the city of San Diego ranks as the fifth
wealthiest in the United States.
Tourism remains San Diego's third-biggest industry,
behind manufacturing and the military.
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. The presence of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) with the affiliated UCSD Medical Center promotes research in biotechnology.