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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio 00:04:09 1 History 00:13:58 2 Geography 00:15:33 2.1 Neighborhoods 00:15:42 2.1.1 Downtown 00:16:21 2.1.2 North Central 00:16:50 2.1.3 Northwest Side 00:17:27 2.1.4 South Side 00:17:52 2.1.5 East Side 00:18:07 2.1.6 West Side 00:18:43 2.2 Vegetation 00:19:13 2.3 Climate 00:22:36 3 Demographics 00:27:20 3.1 Religion 00:28:59 4 Economy 00:32:15 4.1 Military installations 00:32:55 4.2 Relocation losses 00:33:27 5 Culture 00:33:36 5.1 Attractions 00:38:22 6 Sports 00:38:31 6.1 Professional sports 00:42:13 6.2 College sports 00:44:18 7 Crime 00:46:27 8 Government 00:49:01 8.1 Growth policy 00:51:42 8.2 State and federal representation 00:52:27 9 Education 00:54:57 10 Media and entertainment 00:55:07 10.1 Print 00:57:00 10.2 Radio 01:00:39 10.3 Television 01:02:10 10.4 Annual events 01:02:54 11 Transportation 01:03:04 11.1 Air 01:04:01 11.2 Mass transit 01:06:13 11.3 Rail 01:07:29 11.4 Road 01:14:52 11.5 Bicycle paths 01:15:33 11.6 Bicycle sharing 01:16:19 11.7 Walkability 01:16:46 12 In popular culture 01:17:29 13 International relations 01:17:39 13.1 Sister cities 01:18:44 13.2 Friendship cities 01:19:04 14 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.7823568838432957 Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-B "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= San Antonio (; from Spanish, "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, has more than 1.5 million residents. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States. Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city became the first chartered civil settlement in present-day Texas in 1731. The area was still part of the Spanish Empire, and later of the Mexican Republic. Today it is the state's oldest municipality.The city's deep history is contrasted with its rapid recent growth during the past 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". San Antonio serves as the seat of Bexar County; recent annexations have extended the city's boundaries into Medina County and, for a tiny area near the city of Garden Ridge, into Comal County. Since San Antonio was founded during the Spanish Colonial Era, it has a church (San Fernando Cathedral) in its center, on the main civic plaza in front, a characteristic of many Spanish-founded cities, towns, and villages in Spain and Latin America. As with many other urban centers in the Southwestern United States, areas outside the city limits are sparsely populated. San Antonio is the center of the San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area. Commonly called Greater San Antonio, the metro area has a population of 2,473,974 based on the 2017 U.S. census estimate, making it the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States and third-largest in Texas. Growth along the Interstate 35 and Interstate 10 corridors to the north, west and east make it likely that the metropolitan area will continue to expand. San Antonio was named by a 1691 Spanish expedition for Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day 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 include 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 about 32 million tourists a year. It is hom ... |