San Antonio, Texas

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The city of San Antonio is located in Bexar County and is the county seat.

San Antonio is 210 feet [64.01 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: San Antonio lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named San Antonio can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, San Antonio had a population of 1,144,646 people^<3> (or 81.88% of the total population of Bexar County). The population of San Antonio represented 5.49% of the total of Texas, making it the state's 3rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, San Antonio had a population of 1,351,305 people. This is an increase of 18.05% 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 Antonio.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Cibolo	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	14,555	379.57% increase
	Converse	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	17,510	52.16% increase
	Helotes	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	7,831	82.75% increase
	Hollywood Park	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	3,307	10.86% increase
	Kirby	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	8,606	0.77% decrease
	Leon Valley	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	10,269	11.15% increase

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

Websites for San Antonio

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The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<5>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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 Antonio. 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.

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