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Many tourists like to have a vacation in the city of San Diego. Some may want to see the scenery, the culture, the history and the tourist attractions of the city. Some may want to explore the different streets of the city and to see the architecture and culture of the city. Some may want explore the regions of the city. Some may want to see the entertainment, the culture and history of the city. Some may want to have a vacation in the city to enjoy the culture and entertainment events. Some may want to see the famous sports sides of the city. Some may want a hotel that has good views and good prices. Some tourists may want a hotel that has a good access to luxury facilities.
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San Diego County lies just north of the Mexican border—sharing a border with Tijuana—and lies south of Orange County.
The area has long been inhabited by the Kumeyaay people. The first European to visit the region was Portuguese-born explorer Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo sailing under the Spanish Flag, (1499 - 1543), who sailed his flagship San Salvador from Navidad, New Spain. Cabrillo claimed the bay for the Spanish Empire and named the site San Miguel. In November of 1602, Sebastián Vizcaíno was sent to map the California coast. Arriving on his flagship San Diego, Vizcaíno surveyed the harbor and what are now Mission Bay and Point Loma and named the area for the Catholic Saint Didacus, a Spaniard more commonly known as San Diego. On November 12, 1602, the first Christian religious service of record in Alta California was conducted by Fray Antonio de la Ascensión, a member of Vizcaíno's expedition, to celebrate the feast day of San Diego.
In 1821, Spain recognized Mexico's independence. The governor of Alta California and Baja California moved the capital to San Diego from Monterey. The mission was secularized in 1834 and 432 people petitioned Governor José Figueroa to form a pueblo. Commandant Santiago Arguello endorsed it. Juan María Osuna was elected the first alcalde (mayor), winning over Pío Pico in the 13 ballots cast. However, the population of the town shrank to little over a hundred persons, and by the late 1830s it lost its township until the province of Alta California became part of the United States in 1850 following the Mexican defeat in the Mexican-American War. The village was designated the seat of the newly-established San Diego County and incorporated as a city.
As a consequence of the gold rush of 1848 and thousands of people coming from Europe, San Diego was linked to the rest of the nation by railroad in 1885. San Diego was reincorporated as a city in 1886.
Significant U.S. Naval presence began in 1907 with the establishment of the Navy Coaling Station. While the city hosts a number of naval facilities, it suffered some setbacks. Most notably, the Naval Training Center just to the west of Lindbergh Field was slated for closure in 1993 by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission and the base completed the closure process on April 30, 1997. The former base is now the site for Liberty Station, a multi-use development for homes and businesses. The former Miramar Naval Air Station is now used by the U.S. Marine Corps and now called MCAS Miramar.
San Diego hosted two World's Fairs, the Panama-California Exposition in 1915 and the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935.
The Panama-California Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California between March 9, 1915 and January 1, 1917. The exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, and was meant to tout San Diego as the first US port of call for ships traveling north after passing through the canal. The fair was held in San Diego's large urban Balboa Park.
The California Pacific International Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California during May 29, 1935–November 11, 1935 and February 12, 1936–September 9, 1936. The exposition was held at the site of the earlier 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego's large, urban Balboa Park.
Sports
teams and sports issues based in and around San Diego include or have included
Baseball San Diego Padres, San Diego Surf Dawgs
Basketball ; San Diego
Wildcats
Football ; San Diego Chargers
Soccer San Diego Pumitas, San Diego
WFC SeaLions
College athletics ; San Diego State Aztecs, San Diego Toreros,
UCSD Tritons, Point Loma Nazarene Sea Lions, San Diego Sports Curse, The San Diego
Chicken, Los Angeles Sports
The San Diego Padres have been a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California since their founding in 1969. They have played in the National League Western Division.
The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. They have been members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Originally called the Los Angeles Chargers, the club began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League. The club spent its first season in Los Angeles, California before moving to San Diego in 1961.
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