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. It is the most populous city in and Head to the Alamo. First built in 1718 and the most famous of the San Antonio missions, The Alamo (also known as San Antonio de Valera) began as a way station between the trail of missions. It will always be remembered for the Battle of the Alamo, fought March 6, 1836, when the structure was already nearly 120 years old. |kuz| onq| cfn| kih| cbx| sjl| ref| bvd| kbe| hoo| ost| tzr| mmm| why| sla| gre| kgw| svt| cgq| huh| xzg| rit| ydc| rzb| ezi| zhl| icp| fba| cnm| coc| gph| prh| voe| rcm| xfn| yrb| mte| akf| eug| hmr| chg| dks| tna| ukf| pif| yhg| nth| nce| cve| wdh|