San Jose, California, USA

San Jose
Metropolitan City and County seat
Clockwise from top: Downtown San Jose skyline; Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph; Bank of Italy Building; San Jose Museum of Art; San Jose City Hall; Santana Row
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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°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	List Bob Wieckowski Jim Beall Bill Monning
• Assemblymembers	List Kansen Chu Ash Kalra Evan Low Mark Stone
Area
• City	180.52 sq mi (467.55 km2)
• Land	177.51 sq mi (459.75 km2)
• Water	3.01 sq mi (7.80 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 (2010)
• City	945,942
• Estimate (2016)	1,025,350
• Rank	3rd, California 10th, US
• Density	5,776.29/sq mi (2,230.24/km2)
• Urban	1,894,389 (29th)
• Metro	1,976,836 (34th)
• CSA	8,713,914 (5th)
Demonym(s)	Josefino/a(s) or San Josean(s)
Time zone	Pacific Time Zone (UTC−8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes	95002, 95008, 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 hoʊˈzeɪ/, Spanish for "Saint Joseph"; Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ xoˈse]), is the economic, cultural, and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California. With an estimated 2015 population of 1,026,908, it is the third most populous city in California (after Los Angeles and San Diego) and the tenth most populous in United States. Located in the center of the Santa Clara Valley, on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 square miles (466.109 km²). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County, the most affluent county in California and one of the most affluent counties in the United States. San Jose is the largest city in both the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area, which contain 7.7 million and 8.7 million people respectively.