San Diego County
county in California, United States
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Summary
San Diego County is a county of California[1]. It draws 6,507 Wikipedia views per month (county of california category, ranking #6 of 58).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: California[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Instance of: charter county[5]
- Capital: San Diego[6]
- Shares border with: Imperial County[7], Orange County[8], Riverside County[9], Baja California[10]
- Named after: San Diego[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Carlsbad[12], Chula Vista[13], Coronado[14], Del Mar[15], El Cajon[16], Encinitas[17], Escondido[18], Imperial Beach[19], La Mesa[20], Lemon Grove[21], National City[22], Oceanside[23], Poway[24], San Diego[25]
- Headquarters location: San Diego[26]
- Twinned administrative body: Yuzhong District[27]
- Commons category: San Diego County, California[28]
- Inception: 1850[29], February 17, 1850[30]
- Coordinate location: 33.02, -116.77[31]
- Authority: County of San Diego[32]
- Official website: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/[33]
- Topic's main category: Category:San Diego County, California[34]
- Population: 3,095,313[35], 3,104,182[36], 3,138,550[37], 3,176,138[38], 3,211,252[39], 3,299,521[40], 3,351,786[41], 3,338,330[42], 3,298,634[43]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:San Diego County[44]
- External data available at URL: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/data.html[45]
- Described by source: The American Cyclopædia[46]
- Topic has template: Template:San Diego County, California[47]
- Official name: County of San Diego[48]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in San Diego County, California[49]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in San Diego County, California[50]
- Number of households: 1,228,505[51], 1,164,786[52], 1,130,703[53]
Why It Matters
San Diego County has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]