Santee, California

San Diego County

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Santee is a city in San Diego County in the U.S. state of California. It has about 53,400 inhabitants (as of 2010). About the California State Route 52 Santee has a direct connection to the multi-lane Interstate 5 near the Pacific Ocean.

History

The indigenous people of the place are the Kumeyaay Indians, who built a village on the banks of the San Diego River thousands of years ago. The present city is named after Milton Santee, second husband of Jennie Blodgett, whose first husband the farm pioneer George A. Cowles was.

Population

According to the census of 1 January 2006, the population was 54 709 inhabitants. By 2010 it fell slightly to 53 213 inhabitants, divided in the following ethnicities: 44 083 ( 82.5 % ) White, 8699 ( 16.3% ) Hispanics, 2044 (3.8%) Asians, 1057 (2%) African American, 409 ( 0.8%) Native American, 253 (0.5%) Pacific Islander, 2677 (5%) other races, and 2890 (5.4%) with two or more ethnicities. The town consisted of 19,306 households with 14,705 families with an average size of 3.13 persons. The average age was 37.2 years.

Transportation

The California State Route 52 connects Santee with the district of La Jolla in the northwestern San Diego. In addition, run four major thoroughfares through the city: the Mast Boulevard and Mission Gorge Road as an east- west connections and Magnolia Avenue and Cuyamaca Street as a north- south connections. Furthermore, Santee is the northeastern end of the Green Line of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, which connects the city with the Downtown San dingoes.

Educational institutions

Santee is located in the catchment area of two school districts, the Santee School District and the Grossmont Union High School District. The latter has two high schools, the West Hills High School and Santana High School. In the urban area there are nine primary schools, which are continued in the last two school years of the eight years of education than middle schools.

Recreational facilities

In the Town Center Community Park is the Sportsplex USA Santee, a 6.1 -hectare sports complex. This includes three fields for softball, four baseball fields, two soccer fields, spectator seating as well as restaurants. The Santee Boulders are outdoor climbing walls, and there is the opportunity to go mountain biking. The Santee Lakes Regional Park offers opportunities for fishing, camping, picnicking and bird watching. In addition, a local golf course.

Every summer, organized a ten -week concert series, and admission to all the events is free. There is also a Santee Wine & Bluegrass Festival, which takes place in the Town Center.

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