San Jose, California
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| 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
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| Motto: The Capital of Silicon Valley | |||
 Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California |
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| Coordinates: 37°20′N 121°54′W / 37.333°N 121.900°WCoordinates: 37°20′N 121°54′W / 37.333°N 121.900°W | |||
| Country |
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| State |
 California
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 |
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| • 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 |
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San Jose (/ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ/; 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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