Cupertino, California
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| City of Cupertino | |||
City center in 2005.
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 Location in Santa Clara County and the U.S. state of California |
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 Cupertino, California
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| Coordinates: 37°19′3″N 122°2′31″W / 37.31750°N 122.04194°WCoordinates: 37°19′3″N 122°2′31″W / 37.31750°N 122.04194°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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| Region | San Francisco Bay Area | ||
| Incorporated | October 10, 1955 | ||
| Named for | Arroyo San José de Cupertino | ||
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| • Type | Council-manager | ||
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City council
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 11.257 sq mi (29.156 km2) | ||
| • Land | 11.256 sq mi (29.153 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.001 sq mi (0.003 km2) 0.01% | ||
| Elevation | 236 ft (72 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 58,302 | ||
| • Estimate (2013) | 60,189 | ||
| • Density | 5,200/sq mi (2,000/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | ||
| ZIP codes | 95014, 95015 | ||
| Area codes | 408/669 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-17610 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 277496, 2410278 | ||
| Website | www |
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Cupertino (/ˌkuːpərˈtiːnoʊ/ KOOP-er-TEEN-oh) is a U.S. city in Santa Clara County, California, directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 58,302 as of the 2010 census.Forbes ranked it as one of the most educated small towns, with local public schools ranking highly in the country. It is known as the home of the Apple Inc. corporate headquarters.
Cupertino was named after Arroyo San José de Cupertino (now Stevens Creek). The creek had been named by Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza's cartographer, who named it after Saint Joseph of Cupertino. Saint Joseph was born Giuseppe Maria Desa, and later known as Giuseppe da Copertino. Joseph of Cupertino was named after the town of Copertino in the Apulia region of Italy. The name Cupertino first became widely used when John T. Doyle, a San Francisco lawyer and historian, named his winery on McClellan Road "Cupertino". After the turn of the 20th century, Cupertino displaced the former name for the region, which was "West Side".
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