| San Diego, the 8th most populous United States city is located in the southern part of the state of California. It has population of 1.4 million and an MSA with 2.8 million residents. Although settled since the 1500s the city of San Diego was officially established in 1850. The climate is warm with winter lows of 49 degrees on average and summer highs in the upper 70s. The area offers numerous tourist attractions including SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego Zoo, Mission San Diego de Alcala, Balboa Park, and Belmont amusement park. Median family income is around $53,000. The top local employer is the United States Navy (over 55,000 workers). Other major local employers include San Diego County, University of California, San Diego and San Diego Unified School District. Higher educational institutions in the area include University of California, San Diego, San Diego State University, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego Christian College, San Diego Miromar College, National University, Southern States University, and Alliant International University. Local sports teams include NFL footballs' San Diego Chargers, baseball's San Diego Padres, soccer's San Diego Sockers, and basketball's San Diego Surf. The San Diego Union-Tribune is the area's newspaper. Local main highways include Interstate I-5, I-15, I-8, I-805. The area is served by Amtrak rail service. San Diego International Airport serves the area. |
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