San Jose, Californie
San Jose (pronounced /ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ/ (deprecatit template); meanin St. Joseph in Spaingie) is the third-lairgest ceety in Californie, the tent-lairgest in the US, an the coonty seat o Santa Clara Coonty. It is locatit at the soothren end o San Francisco Bay. The San Jose/Silicon Valley aurie is a major component o the greater San Francisco Bay Area Combined Statistical Aurie (CSA), a region o nearly 7.5 million fowk.
San Jose | |
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| City of San Jose | |
 Images, frae top doun, left tae richt: Dountoun San Jose, De Anza Hotel, Eist San Jose suburbs, Lick Observatory, Plaza de César Chávez | |
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| Eik-name(s): "S.J.", "San Jo'", "The Valley o Hert's Delight" | |
| Motto(s): The Capital of Silicon Valley | |
 Location o San Jose athin Santa Clara Coonty, Californie | |
  San Jose Location in the Unitit States | |
| 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 | |
| Kintra |  Unitit States |
| State |  Californie |
| Coonty |  Santa Clara |
| Pueblo foondit | November 29, 1777 |
| Incorporatit | Mairch 27, 1850 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Chairter ceety, Cooncil-manager |
| • Bodi | San Jose City Council |
| • Mayor | Chuck Reed (D) |
| • Vice Mayor | Madison Nguyen |
| • City Manager | Ed Shikada |
| • Senate | List of Senators
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| • Assembly | Assembly List
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| Area | |
| • Ceety | 466.109 km2 (179.965 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 457.201 km2 (176.526 sq mi) |
| • Water | 8.908 km2 (3.439 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 720.69 km2 (447.82 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 22681 km2 (8818 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Ceety | 1,000,536[1] |
| • Rank | 1st in Santa Clara Coonty 3rd in Californie[1] 10t in the Unitit States |
| • Urban | 1,894,388 |
| • Metro | 1,975,342 |
| • CSA | 8469854 |
| City population is a 2014 estimate by the California Department of Finance. | |
| Demonym(s) | San Josean |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 95101–95103, 95106, 95108–95139, 95118, 95124, 95141, 95142, 95148, 95150–95161, 95164, 95170–95173, 95190–95194, 95196, 95116, |
| Area code(s) | 408/669 |
| FIPS code | 06-68000 |
| GNIS featur ID | 1654952 |
| Website | www.sanjoseca.gov |
Ance a smaw fermin ceety, San Jose experienced rapid growth frae the 1950s tae the present. San Jose is nou the lairgest ceety in the San Francisco Bay Area in terms o population, land aurie, an industrial development. The US Census Bureau estimatit the population at 964,695 as o 2009.[4]
San Jose wis foondit on November 29, 1777, as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first toun in the Spaingie colony o Nueva Californie, which later became Alta Californie.[5] The ceety served as a farmin community toae support Spaingie militar installations at San Francisco an Monterey. When Californie gained statehuid in 1850, San Jose servit as its first caipital.[6]
Efter mair nor 150 years as an agricultural center, San Jose experienced increased demand for hoosin frae sodgers an veterans returnin frae Warld War II. San Jose continued its aggressive expansion durin the 1950s an 1960s bi annexing mair land aurie. The rapid growth o the heich-technology an electronics industries further acceleratit the transition frae an agricultural center, tae an urbanized metropolitan aurie.
The Santa Clara Valley wis the last (an lairgest) contiguous aurie o undeveloped land surroondin the San Francisco Bay. Bi the 1990s, San Jose's location athin the booming local technology industry earned the ceety its nickname, Caipital o Silicon Valley.
References
eedit- ↑ a b c "E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State". California Department of Finance. Archived frae the original on 1 Julie 2014. Retrieved 30 Apryle 2014.
- ↑ "Gazetteer". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 8 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ "USGS—San Jose, California". Archived frae the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 17 Februar 2007.
- ↑ "Table 1: Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places Over 100,000, Ranked by July 1, 2009 Population: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009" (CSV). 2009 Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. 22 Juin 2010. Retrieved 22 Juin 2010.
- ↑ "The First City". California History Online. Archived frae the original on 18 Februar 2008. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2008.
- ↑ "California Admission Day—September 9, 1850". California State Parks. 2007. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2008.
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