San Antonio is the second-largest city in the
state of
Texas and the
seventh-largest city in the United States with a population of 1.3 million.
The city is the
seat of
Bexar County. Located in the
American Southwest and the northern part of
South Texas, San Antonio is the center of
Tejano culture and
Texas tourism. The city is characteristic of other Southwest
urban 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
and the fifth-fastest-growing from 2007 to 2008.
The
San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan area has a population of 2 million based on the 2008 U.S. Census estimate, making it the
28th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S and third in Texas.
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