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San Antonio
City in Bexar County, southern Texas, on the San Antonio River; population (2000 est) 1,144,600. It is a commercial, financial, and military centre. Industries include tourism, aircraft maintenance, oil-refining, and meat-packing. Fort Sam Houston, four Air Force bases, the South Texas Medical Center, and the Southwest Research Center lie within the city limits and play an important part in the economy.
Spanish explorer Damien Massanet named the area after St Anthony in 1691. Founded in 1718 as the Franciscan mission San António de Valero, the town was laid out in 1731. The mission was converted to the Alamo fort in 1793.
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