About The Community  Metropolitan San Diego is a Southern California city of diverse terrain and incomparable beauty. The city and its adjoining communities cover 4,258 square miles along the Pacific Ocean between San Clemente on the north and the Mexican border on the south. Inland, San Diego is bounded by the Laguna Mountain Range with its Palomar Observatory and Lake Cuyamaca. With a population in excess of two million, it is the third largest population center in California. The population within the city limits of San Diego is greater than one million, and San Diego is the seventh largest city in the United States.
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The climate in San Diego is considered by many to be the most moderate and pleasant in the  United States. Seasonal temperatures average from fifty-five degrees in January to seventy-three degrees in August. Relative humidity ranges from 47 percent to 72 percent, and total rainfall averages approximately ten inches annually. Aquatic sports such as sailing, surfing, swimming, water-skiing, scuba diving, and sport fishing can be pursued throughout the year. Outdoor tennis, golf, volleyball, and biking are popular year-round sports. Skiing and mountain climbing are available only a few hours by automobile from the city. Football and baseball are major spectator sports. |
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San Diego has numerous museums and art galleries, a world-famous zoo, and more than one hundred developed parks and recreation areas. Educational and cultural activities are provided by four universities and by civic agencies such as the San Diego Opera Company, the Civic Theater, and by regular visits from drama, ballet, and music groups. The adjacent Mexican states of Baja California offer additional diverse recreational and cultural opportunities. |
Geographic and climactic desirability have been responsible for progressive growth of San Diego County over the past thirty years, and the city of San Diego has become a focal point for health sciences and facilities for the nearly three million county residents. In addition, San Diego has become a major center of biomedical research as a result of the development of UCSD, the Salk Institute, and the Scripps Clinical Medical Institutions, and the presence of numerous biomedical and biotechnological institutions. | | |
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