About San Diego California

San Diego's economy centers on tourism, trade, agriculture, ship-building, the military, biotechnology, computer science and electronics.

San Diego Coordinates are 32° 42’54”N, 117° 09’45” W

San Diego’s City Flower: Carnation
City Urban Tree: Jacaranda
City Native Tree: Torrey Pine

The City of San Diego consists of 963.6 km² (372.0 sq mi) of land and the
Elevation is 22m (72ft)

The annual mean temperature of San Diego is 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit (18°C).

The city has a population of 1,311,162 people. It is the second largest city in California and the eighth largest in the United States. The larger metropolitan area is the seventh largest in the United States, with a population over 2.9 million. It lies just north of the Mexican border and shares the border with Tijuana, Mexico, and is a home for United States Navy, Untied States Coast Guard and United States Marine Corps bases, many miles of beaches, and a mild Mediterranean climate.

San Diego is the home of 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, Illumina Neurocrine, and Genentech, of Oceanside. San Diego’s 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, and San Diego’s Old Town, the site of the original Spanish settlement.

Downtown San Diego is located on the San Diego Bay and has grown tremendously over the past few years since the building of the new San Diego Downtown Petco Ball Park. Balboa Park lies on a mesa to the northeast. It is surrounded by several dense urban communities and abruptly ends with Mission Valley to the north. Coronado and Point Loma separate San Diego 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.

The city of San Diego itself has deep canyons separating its mesas, creating small pockets of natural parkland scattered throughout the city. Mountains rise to the east of the city of San Diego, and beyond the mountains are desert areas. The Cleveland National Forest is a half-hour drive from downtown San Diego. Numerous farms are also found in the valleys northeast of the city.

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