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About the City of Stockton
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 2008 Population:
289,927 |
| Square miles in 2008: 60.771 |
| Elevation: 15' average |
Rank in size of CA cities:
 13 |
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| The song, Stockton's Someplace Special , was Acknowledged as a theme song for Stockton on December 19, 1983. Listen to it here. |
| Stockton is the
County seat for San
Joaquin County. |
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The City of Stockton is one of California's fastest growing
communities. Stockton is currently the 13th largest city in
California with a dynamic, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural population
of over 280,000. It is situated along the San
Joaquin Delta waterway which connects to the San Francisco
Bay and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Stockton is
located 60 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area, 83 miles
east of San Francisco, and 45 miles south of Sacramento, the
capital of California.
The City is undergoing a tremendous economic expansion and is
aggressively revitalizing
its downtown.
Projects in the downtown area along the waterfront
include an indoor arena, baseball stadium, hotel, apartments,
retail, and housing. The arena hosts four major sports teams:
California
Cougars Soccer, Stockton
Thunder Hockey, Stockton
Lightning
Arena2 Football, and the Stockton
Ports Minor Baseball Team. Stockton
is also constructing retail and entertainment centers at the
gateways of the city. The 16-screen
City Centre Cinemas was
completed in December 2003.
Stockton offers an excellent quality
of life for its residents. The City has a number of beautiful
residential communities along waterways, with single-family
homes costing about one-third the price of homes in the Bay
Area. In 1999 and 2004, Stockton was designated
an
All-America City by the National Civic League.
Stockton also has outstanding recreational opportunities. Stockton
is within close proximity to world famous scenic attractions
including the California Coast, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe and
Yosemite National Park. The community offers many local recreational
opportunities such as professional
sports teams , an olympic
size ice rink, and the
Delta, which provides thousands of miles of waterways for
water skiing, sailing and other water activities. There are
also many opportunities to enjoy music, theater, dance, literary
events, and other cultural and entertainment activities
throughout the year. The City has its own symphony
and opera company
and hosts the popular Asparagus
Festival annually.
The City is home to several well known higher educational institutions
including the University
of the Pacific, California
State University Stanislaus-Stockton, San
Joaquin Delta Community College, Humphreys
College and School of Law, as well as a variety of private
and vocational schools.
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On
July 24, 2000, the City of Stockton buried a Time Capsule
at Weber Point. See
the photos here.
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Stockton has 7 Sister Cities:
- Shimizu, Japan
- Iloilo City, Philippines
- Empalme, Mexico
- Foshan, China
- Parma, Italy
- Battambang, Cambodia
- Asaba, Nigeria
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Stockton,
CA 
on the Move!