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2. San Antonio - Wikipedia

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   San Antonio (/ ˌ s æ n æ n ˈ t oʊ n i oʊ / SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in 2020.

3. Alamo Mission - Wikipedia

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   The Alamo. /  29.42583°N 98.48611°W  / 29.42583; -98.48611. The Alamo is a historic Spanish mission and fortress compound founded in the 18th century by Roman Catholic missionaries in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, a pivotal event of the Texas Revolution in which ...

4. Bexar County, Texas - Wikipedia

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   20th, 21st, 23rd, 28th, 35th. Website. www .bexar .org. Bexar County ( / bɛər / BAIR or / ˈbeɪər / ⓘ BAY-ər; Spanish: Béxar [ˈbexaɾ]) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio. [3] As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324, making it the state's fourth-most ...

5. History of San Antonio - Wikipedia

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   The City of San Antonio is one of the oldest Spanish settlements in Texas and was, for decades, its largest city. Before Spanish colonization, the site was occupied for thousands of years by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. The historic Payaya Indians were likely those who encountered the first Europeans.

6. San Antonio Police Department - Wikipedia

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   The San Antonio Police Department ( SAPD) is the primary law enforcement agency serving the City of San Antonio, Texas, United States and some surrounding areas. Its headquarters are at South Santa Rosa district. SAPD is one of the largest municipal police departments in Texas. The current chief of police is William McManus, who is known, among ...

7. San Antonio City Council - Wikipedia

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   The San Antonio City Council is the legislative arm of the municipal government of the city of San Antonio in the U.S. state of Texas. It consists of 10 members elected from single-member districts . San Antonio has a council-manager form of government in which the city manager, Erik Walsh, is the city's main, albeit unelected, executive.