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County of San Diego

San Diego County
County
County of San Diego
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Flag of San Diego County
Flag
Official seal of San Diego County
Seal
Location in the U.S. state of California
Location in the U.S. state of California
California's location in the United States
California's location in the United States
Coordinates: 33°01′N 116°46′W / 33.02°N 116.77°W / 33.02; -116.77Coordinates: 33°01′N 116°46′W / 33.02°N 116.77°W / 33.02; -116.77
Country  United States of America
State  California
Formed February 18, 1850
Named for St. Didacus of Alcalá
County seat San Diego
Largest city San Diego
Government
 • Type Council–manager
 • Body Board of Supervisors
 • Board of Supervisors
 • Chief Administrative Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer
 • District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis
Area
 • Total 4,526 sq mi (11,720 km2)
 • Land 4,207 sq mi (10,900 km2)
 • Water 319 sq mi (830 km2)
Highest elevation 6,536 ft (1,992 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 3,095,313
 • Estimate (2016) 3,317,749
 • Density 680/sq mi (260/km2)
Time zone Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
Area codes 442/760, 619, 858, and 949
FIPS code 06-073
GNIS feature ID 277301
Website www.sandiegocounty.gov

San Diego County (/ˌsæn diːˈeɪɡoʊ/, Spanish for "Saint Didacus"; Spanish: [san ˈdje.ɣo]) is a county in the southwestern corner of the state of California, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,095,313. making it California's second-most populous county and the fifth-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is San Diego, the eighth-most populous city in the United States. It is the south-westernmost county in the 48 contiguous United States.

San Diego County comprises the San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area is the 17th most populous metropolitan statistical area and the 18th most populous primary statistical area of the United States as of July 1, 2012. San Diego is also part of the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area shared between the United States and Mexico. Greater San Diego ranks as the 38th largest metropolitan area in the Americas.

San Diego County has 70 miles (110 km) of coastline. This forms the most populated region of the county, which has a mild Mediterranean climate to semiarid climate and extensive chaparral vegetation, similar to the rest of urban Southern California. Precipitation and temperature extremes increase to the east, with mountains that receive frost and snow in the winter. These lushly forested mountains receive more rainfall than average in Southern California, while the desert region of the county lies in a rain shadow to the east, which extends into the Desert Southwest region of North America.


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