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Sunnyvale, California

Sunnyvale, California
Charter city
City of Sunnyvale
South Murphy Avenue
South Murphy Avenue
Flag of Sunnyvale, California
Flag
Official seal of Sunnyvale, California
Seal
Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California
Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California
Sunnyvale, California is located in the US
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale, California
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°22′16″N 122°2′15″W / 37.37111°N 122.03750°W / 37.37111; -122.03750Coordinates: 37°22′16″N 122°2′15″W / 37.37111°N 122.03750°W / 37.37111; -122.03750
Country  United States
State  California
County Santa Clara
Incorporated December 24, 1912
Government
 • Type Council-manager
 • Mayor Glenn Hendricks
 • Vice mayor Gustav Larsson
 • City Manager Deanna J. Santana
Area
 • Total 22.689 sq mi (58.765 km2)
 • Land 21.987 sq mi (56.947 km2)
 • Water 0.702 sq mi (1.818 km2)  3.09%
Elevation 125 ft (38 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 140,081
 • Estimate (2015) 151,754
 • Rank 2nd in Santa Clara County
39th in California
 • Density 6,200/sq mi (2,400/km2)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 94085–94090
Area codes 408/669 and 650
FIPS code 06-77000
GNIS feature IDs 1656344, 2412009
Website sunnyvale.ca.gov

Sunnyvale (/ˈsʌnivl/ or /ˈsʌnivəl/) is a city located in Santa Clara County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 140,095.

Sunnyvale is the seventh most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area and one of the major cities comprising Silicon Valley. It is bordered by portions of San Jose to the north, Moffett Federal Airfield to the northwest, Mountain View to the west, Los Altos to the southwest, Cupertino to the south, and Santa Clara to the east. It lies along the historic El Camino Real and Highway 101.

As part of California's high-tech area known as Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale is the headquarters location of companies including Juniper Networks, Fortinet, Advanced Micro Devices, NetApp, Spansion, Yahoo!, AppliedMicro, and Ariba. It is also home to several aerospace/defense companies: Lockheed Martin has a major facility in Sunnyvale, and Honeywell, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems - Marine Systems (formerly Joshua Hendy Iron Works), Finisar, and Spirent also have offices there. Sunnyvale was also the home to Onizuka Air Force Station, often referred to as "the Blue Cube" due to the color and shape of its windowless main building. The facility, previously known as Sunnyvale Air Force Station, was named for the deceased Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka. It served as an artificial satellite control facility of the United States armed forces until August 2010 and has since been decommissioned and demolished.


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