San Antonio (pronounced /ˌsænænˈtoʊnioʊ/) is the second-largest city in the state A U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Four states use the official title of commonwealth rather than state. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. State citizenship is of Texas Texas ( /ˈtɛksəs/ ) is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies". Located in the South Central United States, Texas is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, and the seventh-largest city in the United States The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated place includes a variety of designations, including a city, town, village, borough, and municipality.[a] Some census-designated places may also be included in the Census Bureau's listing of with a population of 1.3 million.[2] The city is the seat A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there. Parts of the Canadian Maritimes also use the term shire town. In England, Wales and Ireland, the term of Bexar County Bexar County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of July 1, 2008, The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population at 1,622,884, the 20th most populous county in the nation. Its county seat is San Antonio. In Spanish, "Béxar" is pronounced [ˈbexar]. Located in the American Southwest The Southwestern United States is a region defined in different ways by different sources. Broad definitions include nearly a quarter of the United States, including California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. Narrowly defined the Southwest might include only portions of Arizona and New Mexico and the northern part of South Texas South Texas is a region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of, or beginning at, San Antonio. The southern and western boundary is the Rio Grande River, and to the east it is the Gulf of Mexico. The population of this region is about 3.7 million. The southern portion of this region is often referred to as the Rio Grande Valley. The, San Antonio is the epicenter of Tejano American English, Spanish, American Spanish, Spanglish, Indigenous languages of Mexico, Ladino culture and Texas Texas ( /ˈtɛksəs/ ) is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States. The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies". Located in the South Central United States, Texas is bordered by Mexico to the south, New Mexico to the west, tourism.[citation needed] The city is characteristic of other Southwest urban An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets centers in which there are sparsely populated areas and a low density rate outside of the city. It was the fourth-fastest growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006[3] and the fifth-fastest-growing from 2007 to 2008.[4] The San Antonio–New Braunfels Greater San Antonio is an eight-county metropolitan area in the South-Central region of Texas, within and surrounding the city of San Antonio. The names Metro San Antonio and San Antonio Metro are sometimes used when referring to the MSA. As of July 1, 2008 the metropolitan area's population stood at 2,031,445, up from a reported 1,711,703 in 2000 metropolitan area has a population of 2 million based on the 2008 U.S. Census estimate, making it the 28th-largest The United States Office of Management and Budget has defined 366 Metropolitan Statistical Areas for the United States of America. The OMB defines a Metropolitan Statistical Area as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 50,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high metropolitan area in the U.S and third in Texas.
The city was named for the Portuguese 1st row: Afonso I • St. Anthony • Álvares Pereira • Vasco da Gama St. Anthony Fernando Martins de Bulhões, venerated as Anthony of Padua or Anthony of Lisbon, c. 1195 – 13 June 1231) is a Catholic saint who was born in Lisbon, Portugal to a wealthy family and who died in Padua, Italy, whose feast day The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as that saint's feast day. The system arose from the very early Christian custom of annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths, or birth into heaven, and is thus is on June 13, when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area in 1691. Famous for Spanish missions San Antonio Missions National Historical Park preserves four of the five Spanish frontier missions in San Antonio, Texas. These outposts were established by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives. These missions formed part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, and, the Alamo The Alamo, originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, is a former Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas. The compound, which originally comprised a sanctuary and surrounding buildings, was built by the Spanish Empire in the 18th century for the education of local Native Americans after their, the River Walk The San Antonio River Walk is a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath downtown San Antonio, Texas. Lined by bars, shops and restaurants, the River Walk is an important part of the city's urban fabric and a tourist attraction in its own right, the Tower of the Americas Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot observation tower with a restaurant in San Antonio, Texas. Tower of the Americas, designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford, was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair '68, the Alamo Bowl The Alamo Bowl is a major American college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It matches the fourth or fifth choice teams from the Big Ten Conference and the Big 12 Conference, and host to Seaworld SeaWorld San Antonio is a 250-acre marine-life theme park located in the Westover Hills area of San Antonio, Texas. It is the largest of the three parks in the SeaWorld chain owned by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, a division of The Blackstone Group, and the world's largest marine-life theme park. It is a member of both the Alliance of Marine and Six Flags Fiesta Texas Six Flags Fiesta Texas is a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately 200 acres of land near the northwest intersection of Loop 1604 and Interstate 10 in San Antonio, Texas. Six Flags Fiesta Texas is the major entertainment component of USAA's La Cantera, a 1,600-acre (6.5 km²) master-planned development in northwest San Antonio theme parks, the city is visited by approximately 26 million tourists per year according to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau. The city is home to the four-time NBA champion San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They play in the National Basketball Association and the annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas, USA is one of the largest livestock shows and rodeos in the country. Started in 1950, the annual event takes place over two-weeks in February. The rodeo's permanent home was the Joe & Harry Freeman Coliseum until 2003 when its primary events moved into the AT&T Center, one of the largest in the country.
San Antonio has a strong military presence—it is home to Fort Sam Houston Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the first President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base Lackland Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force operated by the Air Education and Training Command . It is located just outside the city limits of the western area of San Antonio, Texas, USA. It was named after Brigadier General Frank Lackland, Randolph Air Force Base Randolph Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located in Universal City, Texas, near San Antonio. Dedicated June 20, 1930, as a flying training base, it continues with that mission today, and Brooks City-Base Brooks City-Base is a former United States Air Force base located in San Antonio, Texas, 7 miles southeast of Downtown San Antonio, with Camp Bullis Coordinates: 29°41′N 98°34′W / 29.683°N 98.567°W Camp Bullis Military Training Reservation is a 27,990 acres U.S. Army training camp located in northwest San Antonio, Texas, USA and Camp Stanley outside the city. Kelly Air Force Base Kelly Field Annex (IATA: SKF, ICAO: KSKF, FAA LID: SKF) is a United States Air Force facility located in San Antonio, Texas. In 2001, the runway and land west of the runway became "Kelly Field Annex" and control of it was transferred to the adjacent Lackland Air Force Base operated out of San Antonio until 2001, when the airfield was transferred over to Lackland AFB and the remaining portions of the base became Port San Antonio Coordinates: 29°23′3.22″N 98°34′52.2″W / 29.3842278°N 98.581167°W Port San Antonio is a multi-purpose facility in San Antonio, Texas established to serve as an international airport and industrial hub with two railroads and close access to three interstate highways. Established at the former site of Kelly Air Force Base, the 1,900, an industrial/business park. San Antonio is home to five Fortune 500 companies and to the South Texas Medical Center The STMC, which directly serves 38 counties, consists of forty-five medically related institutions; separate medical, dental and nursing schools, five higher educational institutions, twelve hospitals and five specialty institutions. These facilities combined currently total over 4,200 patient beds, the only medical research and care provider in the South Texas region.
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I was out touring the new JW Marriott . San Antonio. Hill Country Resort & Spa (a name that eats up two lines of newspaper type) this afternoon it opens in 10 days and whom should I encounter but Travis Anderson, a familiar face from ...
Q. I have a ton of stuffed animals that are like new that I have no use for. I am looking for a place that takes donations for Christmas for the less unfortunate children that don't have a Christmas. San Antonio has to have something and somewhere I can donate these to. Please any help would be great.
Asked by cassjs82 - Mon Nov 30 13:00:55 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Local fire and police stations. Good Will and Salvation Army
Answered by TJB - Mon Nov 30 13:15:46 2009
