San Diego County is a county located near the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California. It is the southwesternmost county in the contiguous 48 states. The population in 2000 was 2,813,835, but a July 2008 estimate placed the population at 3,001,072 people, making it the third most populous county in California, just behind its northwestern neighbor Orange County. The county seat is the City of San Diego. San Diego County...
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San Diego County is a county located near the Pacific Ocean in the far southwest of the U.S. state of California. It is the southwesternmost county in the contiguous 48 states. The population in 2000 was 2,813,835, but a July 2008 estimate placed the population at 3,001,072 people, making it the third most populous county in California, just behind its northwestern neighbor Orange County. The county seat is the City of San Diego. San Diego County is part of the San Diego – Tijuana metropolitan area, an area with over 5 million people and the largest bi-national metropolitan area shared between the United States and Mexico.
San Diego County lies just north of the Mexican border, sharing a border with Tijuana. It lies south of Orange County and west of Imperial County. It is home to miles of beaches, a mild Mediterranean climate and 16 military facilities hosting the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the United States Marine Corps.
The area which is now San Diego...
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