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As the gateway city to southern Texas, modern San Antonio remains as much vaquero (cowboy) as it is buckaroo. Spanish saludos are just as likely to greet your ears as the ubiquitous 'Howdy' when you're wandering one of the State's most stroll-worthy downtown areas. Tex + Mex = kick back and enjoy.
Locals joke that the cultural mix is what lends San Antonio its laid-back feel - everyone here's on San Antonio Standard Time. But it's not all ' mañana syndrome'. SA (as locals call it) is the nation's ninth-largest city and one of the state's biggest tourism draws.
Fast Facts
Population
1,296,682
Currency
Name: US Dollar
Code: USD
Symbol: US$
Electrical Plugs
110V 60Hz
Languages Spoken
Essential: English
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -6
Country Dialing Code
+1
Weights & Measures
Imperial
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