San Antonio
See also: San Antonio (homonymy)
San Antonio is the seat of the Comté of Bexar, in the south of the State of the Texas, with the the United States of America. According to the census of 2005 its population was of: 1256509 inhabitants, which makes of it the eighth city of the country and the second of the Texas. Its urban surface, as for it, gathers: 1889797 people. San Antonio is a tourist city whose principal attraction is the Fort Alamo, where Davy Crockett and its companions found death while resisting the Mexican army. San Antonio is called small Venice of Texas because of the channels which cross its downtown area. She is visited by 20 million people each year.
The name of the city east that of Holy Antoine de Padoue because Spanish forwarding discovered the area, in 1691, the feastday of this saint. San Antonio shelters the first museum of modern art of the Texas, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum. The city has a strong military presence with the Fort Sam Houston, the Lackland Air Force Bases, the Randolph Air Force Bases and Brooks City Base. It is rocked by the river San Antonio.
History
Amerindian S lived originally along the river San Antonio and called the Yanaguana surroundings;: refreshing water .
In 1691 groups of explorers and missionaries Spanish arrived in the area the day of Saint Antoine, and thus named the river. The city was as for it founded in 1718 by the Father Antonio Olivares as Mission San Antonio de Valero. Thanks to the efforts of colonists of the Canary islands this one quickly became a colony with whole share.
The Siège of Fort-Alamo took place close to the city in 1836. Today it is a museum located in the middle of the downtown area and surrounded by many hotels and tourist attractions.
Geography and climate
According to the Office of census, the city has an total surface area of: 1067.3 km ², of which 11,7 km ² consist of water levels.
- annual Average temperature: 20,3 Total °C
- of precipitations: 800 mm
Monuments
- Tower off the Americas.
- Vestiges of colonial Spain.
- Canaux which was worth in the city the nickname of Venice of Americas .
Culture
- Plus half of the population speaks Spanish. The culture Tex-Mex takes all its direction there.
Sports
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the team of the Spurs gained the Championship of the NBA into 1999,2003,2005 and 2007.
Famous characters
In San Antonio were born:
- Joan Crawford (1904 - 1977), actress
- Jared Padalecki 1982, actor
- Summer Glau 1981, actress
In San Antonio died:
- Samuel Gompers, American trade unionist
Character related to San Antonio:
- Frederic Dart, the author French of novels, tells that it chose the Pseudonyme San-Antonio on a chart of the world, while making play the chance. Its finger pointed on the town of San Antonio, but it badly recopied this name, inserting an indent which did not exist.
Twinnings
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External bonds
- Official site of the city
Be-X-old: Сан-Антоніё Simple: San Antonio, Texas