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San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, next to the Mexican border. It is the eighth-most populous city in the U.S. and the second-most populous city in California, with a population of over 1.4 million. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,386,932 1
Area (sq km)
964.57 1
Founding Year
1769 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
129 2
Latitude
32.715 degrees north 1
Longitude
117.1625 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC-08:00 5
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California, States or Territories

San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California.

Source San Diego (Wikipedia)
United States, Countries
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Parable of the Sower (Bruegel)

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Consolidated Aircraft

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Dexcom, Inc.

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General Atomics

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headquartered in San Diego, California
Green Flash Brewing Company

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IDW Publishing

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San Diego, California
Illumina, Inc.

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Jerusalem News Syndicate

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Karl Strauss Brewing Company

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Petco

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San Diego, California, U.S.
ResMed Inc.

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Ryan Aeronautical

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Saint Archer Brewing

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San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway

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San Diego and Arizona Railway

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SeaWorld San Diego

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Teradata

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University of California, San Diego

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in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California
George W. Carey

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San Diego, California
Paul Twitchell

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In late 1964, they moved south to San Diego, where Twitchell gave his first lectures on Eckankar and what was then termed the "bilocation" technique, which he later called "Soul Travel." Gail quit her studies to work full-time so that Twitchell could dedicate himself to establishing Eckankar as a new business venture.
Scott Cunningham

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Outside of many trips to Hawaii, Cunningham lived in San Diego all his life.
Psyonix

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based in San Diego
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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is the school of oceanography and earth science at the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego

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San Diego Seals

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the NLL awarded an expansion franchise to the city of San Diego
San Diego Yacht Club

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is a private yacht club in San Diego, California.
Sources
1. San Diego (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    San Diego ( SAN dee-AY-goh; Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, next to the Mexican border.
  • Infobox: population_total
    1386932
  • Article text
    As of January 2019, the San Diego City and County had the fifth-largest homeless population among major cities in the United States, with 8,102 people experiencing homelessness. In the city of San Diego, 4,887 individuals were experiencing homelessness according to the 2020 count.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    964.57
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    32.715
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    -117.1625
  • Infobox, Founded
    1769
  • Associated With: United States, Infobox, Country
    United States
  • Associated With: California, Infobox, State
    California
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. San Diego (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
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elevation 129 m
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 32.715,-117.1625
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 37.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, -117.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, -117.25
32.75 -117.25 BSk
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5. GeoNames: San Diego - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 5391811
Quote, cities500 record 5391811
32.71571 -117.16472 P PPLA2 US CA 073 1404452 20 20 America/Los_Angeles
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Wikidata: San Diego
Wikidata Q16552, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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