San José (Northern California)
San José (IPA: [sæn hoʊˈzeɪ]) is the third-largest city in California, and
the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara
County. For the past several years, it has held the title of The Safest Big City
in America. San Jose is located in Silicon Valley, at the south end of the San
Francisco Bay. With a population of 953,679, San Jose is the largest city in
Northern California.
Originally known as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, it was founded on
November 29, 1777 as the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California,
which later became Alta California. The city served as a farming community to
support Spanish military installations at San Francisco and Monterey. After
California gained statehood in 1850, San Jose served as its first capital. After
over 150 years as an agricultural center, increased demand for housing from
soldiers and other veterans returning from World War II and starting families,
as well as aggressive expansion during the 1950s and 1960s led to San Jose being
a bedroom community for Silicon Valley in the 1970s, which attracted more
businesses to the city. By the 1990s, San Jose's central location within the
booming technology industry in the area earned the city the nickname as the
Capital of Silicon Valley.
On April 3, 1979, the city council adopted San José as the spelling of the
city name on the city seal and official stationery; however, the name is still
more commonly spelled without the diacritical mark. The official name of the
city is The City of San José.
There are other city named San Jose, but this site is for the one in NOrthern
California.
South San Jose has Almaden Valley
Almaden Valley Business where quicksilver were once mined. But now it is a
high priced residential community.
San José – or its anglicized form San Jose – is the Spanish for Saint Joseph.
According to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's GEOnet Names
Server, it is the most common place name in the world.
Inhabited locations
Two major cities in the world share the name San José:
* San Jose, California, United States, the largest city with this name
* San José, Costa Rica, the capital city of Costa Rica
As do many other smaller cities, towns and administrative subdivisions:
* In Argentina:
* San José, Entre Ríos
* San José de Feliciano, Entre Ríos
* San José de Jáchal, San Juan
* San José de Metán, Salta
* In Belize:
* San José, Orange Walk District
* In Colombia:
* San José de Cúcuta, the unused official name of the city and municipality of
Cúcuta, Norte de Santander
* San José del Guaviare a town and municipality in the Guaviare Department
* Valle San José a town and municipality in the Santander Department
* San Jose de Ocune a town and municipality in the Vichada Department
* San José, Caldas a town and municipality in the Caldas Department
* In Costa Rica:
* San José, Costa Rica, the national capital.
* San José Province, a province.
* San José Canton, a canton in the province of San José.
* San José de Alajuela, a village and district in the canton of Alajuela in the
province of Alajuela.
* San José de Atenas, a district in the canton of Atenas in the province of
Alajuela.
* San José de El Amparo, a village in the district of El Amparo in the canton of
Los Chiles in the province of Alajuela.
* San José de Grecia, a village and district in the canton of Grecia in the
province of Alajuela.
* San José de Naranjo, a district in the canton of Naranjo in the province of
Alajuela.
* San José de San Isidro, a district in the canton of San Isidro in the province
of Heredia.
* San José de Upala, also known as Pizote, a district in the canton of Upala in
the province of Alajuela.
* San José de la Montaña de Barva, a village and district in the canton of Barva
in the province of Heredia.
* San José Sur de Atenas, a village in the district of San José in the canton of
Atenas in the province of Alajuela.
* In Guatemala:
* San José Acatempa
* San José Chacayá
* San José El Idolo
* San José La Arada
* San José Ojetenam
* San José Pinula
* San José Poaquil
* San José del Golfo
* San José, El Petén
* San José, Escuintla
* Puerto San José
* In the Marianas:
* San Jose, Saipan village, Saipan
* San Jose, Tinian village, Tinian
* In Mexico:
* San José, Durango
* San José, Querétaro
* San José, San Luis Potosí
* San José, Sonora
* San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur
* San José Iturbide, Guanajuato
* San José Xicoténcatl, Tlaxcala
* In Panama:
* San José de David
* In Paraguay:
* San José de los Arroyos
* San José Obrero
* In Philippines:
* San Jose, Antique
* San Jose, Batangas
* San Jose, Bulacan
* San Jose, Camarines Sur
* San Jose, Negros Oriental
* San Jose, Northern Samar
* San Jose City, Nueva Ecija
* San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
* San Jose, Romblon
* San Jose, Samar
* San Jose, Surigao del Norte
* San Jose, Tarlac
* San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan
* In the United States:
* San Jose, Arizona (formerly a city)
* San Jose, California
* San Jose, Illinois
* South San Jose Hills, California
* In Uruguay:
* San José, Uruguay
* San José Department
Islands
* San José Island (Texas)
* San José Island, Lower California
* Isla de San José, an island in Panama
* Weddell Island, ("Isla San José" in Spanish), Falklands
Institutions and organizations
* Club San José, a Bolivian football team
* Mission San Jose, a mission in California, USA
Colleges and universities
* Colegio San José, Puerto Rico
* San José State University, California, USA
* University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philippines
Animal species
* * The San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys insularis
* The San Jose Brush Rabbit, Sylvilagus mansuetus
Other
* 6216 San Jose, an asteroid
* "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?", a Burt Bacharach song
* Palacio San José, a historical building and museum in Entre Ríos, Argentina
* San Jose Mercury News, a daily newspaper
* San José Volcano, on the Chilean–Argentine border
* San José, the wreck of a Spanish treasure ship full of gold
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