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100 Military Plaza
San Antonio, Texas 78205
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| San Antonio officially the City of San
Antonio, is the seventh-most populous city in the United States,
second-largest city in the Southern United States, and the
second-most populous city in Texas. It is the 12th most-populous
city in North America, with 1,434,625 residents in 2020. |
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| Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial
outpost in 1718, the city in 1731 became the first chartered
civil settlement in what is now present-day Texas. The area was
then part of the Spanish Empire. From 1821 to 1848, it was part
of the Mexican Republic. It is the oldest municipality in Texas,
having celebrated its 300th anniversary on May 1, 2018. |
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| From 2000 to 2010, the city was the
fastest-growing of the top ten largest cities in the United
States; it was the second in growth in that category from
1990 to 2000. The city of San Antonio serves as the seat of
Bexar County; San Antonio is the center of the San
Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area.
Commonly called Greater San Antonio, the metropolitan area
had a population of 2,601,788 based on the 2020 U.S. census
estimates, making it the 24th-largest metropolitan area in
the United States and third-largest in Texas. |
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| Straddling the regional divide between South and
Central Texas, San Antonio anchors the southwestern corner
of an urban megaregion colloquially known as the Texas
Triangle. Downtown San Antonio and Downtown Austin are
approximately 80 miles apart, both falling along the
Interstate 35 corridor. Some observers expect the two
metropolitan regions to form a new metroplex similar to
Dallas and Fort Worth. |
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| San Antonio was named by a 1691 Spanish expedition
for the Portuguese priest Saint Anthony of Padua, whose
feast day is June 13. The city contains five 18th-century
Spanish frontier missions, including The Alamo and San
Antonio Missions National Historical Park. Together these
were designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites in 2015.
Other notable attractions include the River Walk, the Tower
of the Americas, SeaWorld San Antonio, the Alamo Bowl, and
Marriage Island. Commercial entertainment includes Six Flags
Fiesta Texas and Morgan's Wonderland amusement parks.
According to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau,
the city is visited by about 32 million tourists a year. It
is home to the five-time National Basketball Association
(NBA) champion San Antonio Spurs. It hosts the annual San
Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, one of the largest such events
in the U.S. |
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| The U.S. Armed Forces have numerous facilities in and
around San Antonio; Fort Sam Houston is the only one within
the city limits. Lackland Air Force Base, Randolph Air Force
Base, Kelly Air Force Base, Camp Bullis, and Camp Stanley
are outside the city limits. San Antonio is home to four
Fortune 500 companies and the South Texas Medical Center,
the only medical research and care provider in the South
Texas region. |
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| San Antonio is also the largest majority-Hispanic
city in the United States, with 64% of its population being
Hispanic. |
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The Alamo |
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River Walk |
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Downtown Area |
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| Tower of the Americas |
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Convention Center |
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Rivercenter Mall in downtown |
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Buckhorn Museum |
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San Antonio Botanical Garden |
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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park |
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US Army Department
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