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San Marcos is a city in the North County region of , United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 94,833.
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  • Type: City with 94,800 residents
  • Description: suburb of San Diego, California, United States
  • Also known as: “San Marcos, CA” and “San Marcos, California”
  • Postal codes: 92069, 92078, 92079, and 92096

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palomar College and San Marcos Civic Center station.

College
Photo: Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a public community college in . The main campus is in San Marcos and three centers and four education sites are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County.

Railway station
is a station on North County Transit District's SPRINTER hybrid rail line. It serves the heart of San Marcos, California.

Railway station
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Palomar College Transit Center is a North County Transit District transit hub in San Marcos, California. It consists of a bus station and a train station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lake San Marcos and Harmony Grove.

Town
is an unincorporated community in the North County region of the San Diego metropolitan area. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined the community as a census-designated place.

Village
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,079.

Suburb
is a master-planned community in the southwest of San Marcos, California, built by Development Company, and managed by HomeFed Corporation.

San Marcos

Latitude
33.1353° or 33° 8′ 7″ north
Longitude
-117.1743° or 117° 10′ 28″ west
Population
94,800
Elevation
581 feet (177 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US SNM
Open location code
85544RPG+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150937345
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5392368
Wiki­data ID
Q506411
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“San Marcos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سان ماركوس”
  • Basque: “San Marcos”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Маркас”
  • Bulgarian: “Сан Маркос”
  • Catalan: “San Marcos”
  • Cebuano: “San Marcos”
  • Chechen: “Сан-Маркос”
  • Chinese: “San Marcos”
  • Chinese: “圣马科斯”
  • Chinese: “聖馬可斯”
  • Chinese: “聖馬科斯”
  • Croatian: “San Marcos”
  • Czech: “San Marcos”
  • Danish: “San Marcos”
  • Dutch: “San Marcos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سان ماركوس”
  • Finnish: “San Marcos”
  • French: “San Marcos”
  • German: “San Marcos”
  • Gilaki: “سن مارکۊس”
  • Greek: “Σαν Μάρκος”
  • Haitian: “San Marcos, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “San Marcos”
  • Hebrew: “סן מרקוס”
  • Hungarian: “San Marcos”
  • Irish: “San Marcos”
  • Italian: “San Marcos”
  • Japanese: “サンマルコス”
  • Korean: “샌마코스”
  • Ladin: “San Marcos”
  • Malagasy: “San Marcos, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “San Marcos”
  • Mazanderani: “سن مارکوس (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “سن مارکوس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Marcos”
  • Newari: “स्यान मार्कोस (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “स्यान मार्कोस, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “स्यान मार्कोस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Marcos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Marcos”
  • Norwegian: “San Marcos”
  • Pampanga: “San Marcos, California”
  • Pampanga: “San Marcos”
  • Persian: “سان مارکوس، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “سان مارکوس”
  • Persian: “سن مارکوس”
  • Polish: “San Marcos”
  • Portuguese: “San Marcos”
  • Russian: “Сан-Маркос”
  • Serbian: “San Marcos”
  • Serbian: “San Markos”
  • Serbian: “Сан Маркос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Marcos, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Marcos”
  • Silesian: “San Marcos”
  • Slovak: “San Marcos”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سان مارکوز، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “San Marcos (California)”
  • Spanish: “San Marcos”
  • Swahili: “San Marcos, California”
  • Swahili: “San Marcos”
  • Swedish: “San Marcos, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “San Marcos”
  • Tagalog: “San Marcos, California”
  • Tagalog: “San Marcos”
  • Talysh: “San Markos”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Маркос (Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Маркос”
  • Turkish: “San Marcos, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “San Marcos”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Маркос”
  • Urdu: “سان مارکوس، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “San Marcos”
  • Uzbek: “Сан Марcос”
  • Vietnamese: “San Marcos, California”
  • Vietnamese: “San Marcos”
  • Volapük: “San Marcos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “San Marcos, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “San Marcos”
  • Western Panjabi: “سانمارکوس”

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