About University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

San Antonio (/ˌsæn ænˈtoʊnioʊ/; Spanish for “Saint Anthony”), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States, with 1,547,253 residents in 2019. Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city became the first chartered civil agreement in present-day Texas in 1731. The Place was still part of the Spanish Empire, and forward-looking of the Mexican Republic. It is the state’s oldest municipality, having celebrated its 300th anniversary upon May 1, 2018.

The city’s deep records is contrasted subsequently its quick growth over the with few decades. It was the fastest-growing of the top ten largest cities in the United States from 2000 to 2010, and the second from 1990 to 2000. Straddling the regional divide between South and Central Texas, San Antonio anchors the southwestern corner of an urban megaregion colloquially known as the Texas Triangle. The Greater San Antonio and Greater Austin areas are divided from each other by approximately 80 miles (129 km) along Interstate 35. Both metropolitan regions are received to form a new metroplex similar to Dallas and Fort Worth.

The city of San Antonio serves as the seat of Bexar County; San Antonio is the middle of the San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area. Commonly called Greater San Antonio, the metropolitan area had a population of 2,550,960 based upon the 2019 U.S. census estimates, making it the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States and third-largest in Texas.

San Antonio was named by a 1691 Spanish expedition for the Portuguese priest Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast daylight is June 13. The city contains five 18th-century Spanish frontier missions, including The Alamo and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, which together were designated UNESCO World Heritage sites in 2015. Other notable attractions put in the River Walk, the Tower of the Americas, SeaWorld, the Alamo Bowl, and Marriage Island. Commercial entertainment includes Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Morgan’s Wonderland amusement parks. According to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city is visited by more or less 32 million tourists a year. It is house to the five-time NBA champion San Antonio Spurs, and hosts the annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, one of the largest such deeds in the U.S.

The U.S. Armed Forces have numerous facilities in and not far afield off from San Antonio; Fort Sam Houston is the abandoned one within the city limits. Lackland Air Force Base, Randolph Air Force Base, Kelly Air Force Base, Camp Bullis, and Camp Stanley are outdoor the city limits. Kelly Air Force Base operated out of San Antonio until 2001, when the airfield was transferred to Lackland AFB. The permanent parts of the base were developed as Port San Antonio, an industrial/business park and aerospace complex. San Antonio is house to four Fortune 500 companies and the South Texas Medical Center, the unaided medical research and care provider in the South Texas region.