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San Jose, California

San Jose, California
Charter city and county seat
City of San José
Images, from top down, left to right: Downtown San Jose, Hotel De Anza, East San Jose suburbs, Lick Observatory, Plaza de César Chávez
Images, from top down, left to right: Downtown San Jose, Hotel De Anza, East San Jose suburbs, Lick Observatory, Plaza de César Chávez
Flag of San Jose, California
Flag
Official seal of San Jose, California
Seal
Motto: The Capital of Silicon Valley
Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California
Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California
San Jose is located in California
San Jose
San Jose
San Jose is located in the US
San Jose
San Jose
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°20′N 121°54′W / 37.333°N 121.900°W / 37.333; -121.900Coordinates: 37°20′N 121°54′W / 37.333°N 121.900°W / 37.333; -121.900
Country  United States
State  California
CSA San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland
Region San Francisco Bay Area
Metro San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
County Santa Clara
Pueblo founded November 29, 1777
Incorporated March 27, 1850
Named for Saint Joseph
Government
 • Type Council–manager
 • Body San Jose City Council
 • Mayor Sam Liccardo
 • City Manager Norberto Dueñas
 • State senators
 • Assemblymembers
Area
 • City 179.97 sq mi (466.109 km2)
 • Land 176.526 sq mi (457.201 km2)
 • Water 3.439 sq mi (8.908 km2)  1.91%
 • Urban 286.113 sq mi (741.03 km2)
 • Metro 2,694.61 sq mi (6,979 km2)
Elevation 82 ft (25 m)
Highest elevation 2,125 ft (648 m)
Lowest elevation 0 ft (0 m)
Population (July 1, 2014)
 • City 1,026,908
 • Rank 3rd, California
10th, US
 • Density 5,700/sq mi (2,200/km2)
 • Urban 1,894,388 (29th)
 • Metro 1,976,836 (34th)
 • CSA 8,713,914 (5th)
Demonym(s) San Josean(s) or Josefino/a(s)
Time zone Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes 95002, 95101, 95103, 95106, 95108–95113, 95115–95141, 95148, 95150–95161, 95164, 95170, 95172, 95173, 95190–95194, 95196
Area codes 408/669
FIPS code 06-68000
GNIS feature IDs 1654952, 2411790
Website www.sanjoseca.gov

San Jose (/ˌsæn hˈz/; Spanish for Saint Joseph), originally Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe and officially the City of San José, is the third-largest city by population in California, the tenth-largest by population in the United States, and the county seat of Santa Clara County. San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area and the largest city in Northern California.

Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area around San Jose was inhabited by the Ohlone people. San Jose was founded on November 29, 1777, as San José de Guadalupe, the first civilian town in the Spanish colony of Alta California. The city served as a farming community to support Spanish military installations at San Francisco and Monterey. When California gained statehood in 1850, San Jose became the capital.

After more than 150 years as a small farming community, the San Jose area in the mid-20th century contained some of the last undeveloped land near San Francisco Bay. It then began to experience rapid population growth, much of it coming from veterans returning from World War II. San Jose then continued its aggressive expansion during the 1950s and 1960s by annexing more land area. The rapid growth of the high-technology and electronics industries further accelerated the transition from an agricultural center to an urbanized metropolitan area.


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