Los Gatos
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The La Cañada Building in April 2016
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 Location in Santa Clara County and the U.S. state of California |
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 Los Gatos, California
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| Coordinates: 37°14′10″N 121°57′42″W / 37.23611°N 121.96167°WCoordinates: 37°14′10″N 121°57′42″W / 37.23611°N 121.96167°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 California
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 Santa Clara
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| Incorporated | August 10, 1887 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Babara Spector | ||
| • Town Manager | Laurel Prevetti | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 11.160 sq mi (28.903 km2) | ||
| • Land | 11.080 sq mi (28.697 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.080 sq mi (0.206 km2) 0.71% | ||
| Elevation | 344 ft (105 m) | ||
| Population (April 1, 2010) | |||
| • Total | 29,413 | ||
| • Estimate (2013) | 30,391 | ||
| • Density | 2,600/sq mi (1,000/km2) | ||
| Time zone | Pacific (UTC−8) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−7) | ||
| ZIP codes | 95030–95033 | ||
| Area codes | 408/669 | ||
| FIPS code | 06-44112 | ||
| GNIS feature IDs | 1659017, 2412917 | ||
| Website | www |
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Los Gatos is an incorporated U.S. town in Santa Clara County, California. The population is 30,391 according to the 2013 United States Census Bureau. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Los Gatos is ranked the 33rd wealthiest city in the United States. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area at the southwest corner of San Jose in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Los Gatos is part of Silicon Valley, with several high technology companies maintaining a presence there. Most notably, streaming and content creator, Netflix is headquartered in Los Gatos and has developed a large presence in the area and recently, Akyumen, a mobile device manufacturer that makes futuristic projector phones, projector tablets, mobile software and games has opened its headquarters in Los Gatos.
Los Gatos is Spanish for "the cats." The name derives from the 1839 Alta California land-grant that encompassed the area, which was called La Rinconada de Los Gatos, ("Cat's Corner"), where "the cats" refers to the cougars and bobcats that are indigenous to the foothills in which the town is located. The name has been anglicized to /lɔːs ˈɡætəs/ lawss-GAT-əs, although one also hears pronunciations truer to the original Spanish, /loʊsˈɡɑːtoʊs/ lohss-GAH-tohss.
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