Spain founded and governed a large number of cities in the present-day United States; some of them are as historically relevant as St. Augustine (FL) – the oldest city in the country – or New Orleans. Many other, sometimes very significant, cities in the United States can trace their origin to a Spanish settlement of some kind. These include seven out of the 20 largest cities in the United States: Los Angeles, San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, El Paso and Memphis.