San Diego County, officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the US state of California.
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27 Facts About San Diego County
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San Diego County is part of the San Diego–Tijuana transborder metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area shared between the United States and Mexico.
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From north to south, San Diego County extends from the southern borders of Orange and Riverside Counties to the Mexico-US border and the Baja California municipalities of Tijuana and Tecate.
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European settlement in what is San Diego County began with the founding of the San Diego Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcala by Spanish soldiers and clerics in 1769.
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San Diego County became part of the United States as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, ending the Mexican–American War.
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San Diego County was one of the original counties of California, created at the time of California statehood in 1850.
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At the time of its establishment in 1850, San Diego County was relatively large, and included all of southernmost California south and east of Los Angeles County.
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San Diego County contains more than 1,000,000 acres of chaparral, twice as much as any other California county.
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North San Diego County is known as North County; the exact geographic definitions of "North County" vary, but it includes the northern suburbs and sometimes certain northern neighborhoods of the city of San Diego.
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The southern suburbs and southern detached portion of the city of San Diego, extending to the Mexican border, are collectively referred to as South Bay.
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Since at least 2014, San Diego County is the fifth most populous county in the United States.
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San Diego County's largest continuous high-income urban area is a triangle from a first point on the northern edge of Carlsbad, a second point southeast of Escondido, and a third point on the southern edge of La Jolla.
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San Diego has been a destination for trafficked minors from Mexico and the Philippines.
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In 2013, San Diego County had the most small farms of any county in the United States, and had the 19th largest agricultural economy of any county in the United States.
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Until the early 20th century, San Diego County had a thriving wine industry; however the 1916 Charles Hatfield flood was the beginning of the end of the industry which included the destruction of the Daneri winery in Otay Valley.
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In 2008 the Port of San Diego hosted 252 ship calls and more than 800,000 passengers.
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Culture of San Diego is influenced heavily by American and Mexican cultures due to its position as a border town, its large Hispanic population, and its history as part of Spanish America and Mexico.
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Government of San Diego County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution, California law, and the Charter of the County of San Diego.
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The San Diego County government provides countywide services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services.
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San Diego County government is composed of the elected five-member Board of Supervisors, several other elected offices and officers.
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San Diego County Code is the codified law of San Diego County in the form of ordinances passed by the Board of Supervisors.
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San Diego County contains three public state universities: University of California, San Diego; San Diego State University; and California State University, San Marcos.
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The San Diego County Library is one of the 25 busiest libraries in the nation as measured by materials circulated.
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San Diego is the headquarters of the US Navy's Eleventh Naval District and is the Navy's principal location for West Coast and Pacific Ocean operations.
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San Diego County is primarily served by media in San Diego, including TV and radio stations based in the city.
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San Diego County Television Network is a public-access television cable channel, offering a "hometown blend of C-SPAN, the Lifetime, History, Travel, and Discovery channels" for the county, and funded by fees paid by cable companies.
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San Diego County has 18 federally recognized Indian reservations, more than any other county in the United States.
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