San Diego, California

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The coastal city of San Diego is located in San Diego County and is the county seat.

San Diego was incorporated March 27, 1850.

The community of San Diego is 130 feet [39.62 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: San Diego lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Texas has a community that is also named San Diego.

At the time of the 2000 Census, San Diego had a population of 1,223,400 people^<2> (or 43.29% of the total population of San Diego County). The population of San Diego represented 3.61% of the total of California, making it the state's 2nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, San Diego had a population of 1,279,329 people. This is an increase of 4.57% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for San Diego.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Chula Vista	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	219,318	26.37% increase
	Coronado	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	22,633	6.09% decrease
	El Cajon	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	92,718	2.27% decrease
	Encinitas	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	60,372	4.06% increase
	Imperial Beach	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	26,543	1.66% decrease
	La Mesa	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	54,673	0.14% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for San Diego.

Websites for San Diego

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The Commemorative Quarter for California<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) San Diego. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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