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San Antonio is the county seat of Bexar County.6 As of January
2005, San Antonio had an estimated population of 1,282,800,
greater than that of Dallas; it is now ranked as the 8th largest
city in the United States, and the second largest in Texas.
Famous for its Riverwalk and the Alamo, the three-time NBA Champion
Spurs basketball team, the Tower of the Americas, and being
home to SeaWorld and Fiesta Texas theme parks, San Antonio is
visited by 20 million tourists per year.
The city is home to Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base,
Randolph Air Force Base and Brooks City Base.
San Antonio is home to the first museum of Modern Art in Texas,
the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum.[1]
SBC Communications, Valero Energy Corp, United Services Automobile
Association, Tesoro Petroleum Corp, Southwest Research Institute,
H-E-B supermarkets and Clear Channel Communications are headquartered
in San Antonio.
San Antonio is served by San Antonio International Airport.
The Fairmont Hotel, built in 1906, is in the Guinness Book of
World Records as one of the heaviest buildings ever moved intact.
It was placed in its new location, three blocks south of the
Alamo, over four days in 1985, and cost $650,000 to move.
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