San Bernardino was named in 1810, when Spanish priest Francisco Dumetz led an expedition through the area. Additionally, San Bernardino serves as an anchor city to the 3rd largest metropolitan area in California (after Los Angeles and San Francisco) and the 13th largest metropolitan area in the United States the San Bernardino-Riverside MSA.įurthermore, the city's University District serves as a college town, as home to California State University, San Bernardino. The governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico have established the metropolitan area's only consulates in the downtown area of the city.

San Bernardino is the economic, cultural, and political hub of the San Bernardino Valley and the Inland Empire. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 census, making it the 18th-largest city in California. San Bernardino ( / ˌ s æ n ˌ b ɜːr n ə ˈ d iː n oʊ/ ⓘ SAN BUR-nə- DEE-noh) is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States.

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