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San Mateo

The Peninsula region of the San Francisco Bay Area lies immediately south of the City and County of —reaching from its famous neighbor to the north into the high-tech region of .
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  • Type: County with 718,000 residents
  • Description: county in California, United States
  • Also known as: “San Mateo County”, “San Mateo County, CA”, and “San Mateo County, California”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Filoli and San Mateo County Libraries.

Park
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, also known as the Bourn-Roth Estate, is a country house set in 16 acres of formal gardens surrounded by a 654-acre estate, located in , about 25 miles south of , at the southern end of , on the eastern slope of the .

Government office
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The , formerly San Mateo County Library, is a public library system and Joint Powers Authority headquartered in , .

College
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is a public community college in . It is part of the San Mateo County Community College District. is located at the northern corridor of Silicon Valley and situated on a 153-acre site in the San Mateo hills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belmont and San Carlos.

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is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. It is in the , on the about halfway between and .

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is on the in the Bay Area of .

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is a city of 31,000 people in California's Bay Area on the . This suburb of is known for its numerous eucalyptus groves, and walkable downtown area.

San Mateo

Latitude
37.4969° or 37° 29′ 49″ north
Longitude
-122.3331° or 122° 19′ 59″ west
Population
718,000
Elevation
810 feet (247 metres)
Open location code
849VFMW8+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2663660311
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5392427
Wiki­data ID
Q108101
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“San Mateo” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “San Mateo County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة سان ماتيو”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه سان ماتيو، كاليفورنيا”
  • Armenian: “Սան Մատեո շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de San Mateo”
  • Asturian: “Condáu de San Mateo”
  • Asturian: “San Mateo (condáu)”
  • Azerbaijani: “San-Mateo qraflığı”
  • Basque: “San Mateo konderria”
  • Bavarian: “San Mateo County, Kalifornien”
  • Bavarian: “San Mateo County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Сан-Матэа”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Матэа (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Матэа”
  • Bishnupriya: “সান মাতেউ কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “সান মাতেউ কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Сан Матео”
  • Catalan: “comtat de San Mateo”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de San Mateo”
  • Cebuano: “San Mateo County”
  • Chechen: “Сан-Матео”
  • Chinese: “San Mateo Kūn”
  • Chinese: “圣马特奥县”
  • Chinese: “聖馬刁縣”
  • Chinese: “聖馬刁郡”
  • Chinese: “聖馬特奧縣”
  • Czech: “San Mateo County”
  • Danish: “San Mateo County”
  • Dutch: “San Mateo County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سان ماتييو كاونتى”
  • Esperanto: “kantono San Mateo”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono San Mateo”
  • Esperanto: “kantono San-Mateo”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Sankta-Mateo”
  • Esperanto: “San Mateo County”
  • Estonian: “San Mateo maakond”
  • Finnish: “San Mateon piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de San Mateo”
  • French: “Comté de San Mateo”
  • Galician: “Condado de San Mateo, California”
  • Galician: “Condado de San Mateo”
  • Georgian: “სან-მატეოს ოლქი”
  • German: “San Mateo County”
  • Gilaki: “سن ماتئو شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Σαν Ματέο”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Σαν Ματέο”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז סן מטאו”
  • Hungarian: “San Mateo megye”
  • Icelandic: “San Mateo County”
  • Icelandic: “San Mateo-sýsla”
  • Irish: “Contae San Mateo, California”
  • Irish: “Contae San Mateo”
  • Italian: “contea di San Mateo”
  • Italian: “Contea di San Mateo”
  • Italian: “San Mateo County”
  • Japanese: “サン・マテオ郡”
  • Japanese: “サンマテオ郡”
  • Korean: “샌마테오군”
  • Korean: “샌머테이오군”
  • Latin: “San Mateo Comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Sanmateo apgabals”
  • Limburgan: “San Mateo County”
  • Lithuanian: “San Mateo apygarda”
  • Low German: “San Mateo County”
  • Luxembourgish: “San Mateo County”
  • Malayalam: “സാൻ മാറ്റെയോ കൗണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “सान मटेओ काउंटी, कॅलिफोर्निया”
  • Marathi: “सान मटेओ काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “سن ماتئو شهرستان (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “سن ماتئو شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Mateo Kūn”
  • Navajo: “Tsin Łichxííʼítah Siʼání Áłtsʼíísí Bił Hahoodzo”
  • Northern Frisian: “San Mateo County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Mateo County”
  • Norwegian: “San Mateo County”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Comtat de San Mateo”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Матео (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Матео”
  • Pampanga: “San Mateo County, California”
  • Pampanga: “San Mateo County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سان ماتئو”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سن ماتئو، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان سن ماتئو”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo San Mateo”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de San Mateo”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul San Mateo, California”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul San Mateo”
  • Russian: “Сан-Матео”
  • Sardinian: “contea de San Mateo”
  • Scots: “San Mateo Coonty, Californie”
  • Scots: “San Mateo Coonty”
  • Serbian: “Okrug San Mateo”
  • Serbian: “San Mateo County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Сан Матео”
  • Serbian: “Сан Матео”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Mateo County, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Mateo County”
  • Sicilian: “Rancho Corte de Madera”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje San Mateo”
  • Slovenian: “San Mateo County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de San Mateo”
  • Spanish: “San Mateo Condado, California”
  • Spanish: “San Mateo Condado”
  • Swedish: “San Mateo County”
  • Tagalog: “Kondado ng San Mateo, California”
  • Tagalog: “San Mateo County”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Матео (округ, Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Матео”
  • Tumbuka: “San Mateo County, California”
  • Tumbuka: “San Mateo County”
  • Turkish: “San Mateo County, CA”
  • Turkish: “San Mateo County, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “San Mateo County, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “San Mateo County”
  • Turkish: “San Mateo ilçesi, CA”
  • Turkish: “San Mateo ilçesi, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “San Mateo ilçesi, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “San Mateo ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Матео”
  • Urdu: “سان ماتیو کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Venetian: “contea de San Mateo”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận San Mateo, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận San Mateo”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han San Mateo, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han San Mateo”
  • Welsh: “San Mateo County, Califfornia”
  • Welsh: “San Mateo County”
  • Western Panjabi: “سان ماٹیو کاؤنٹی”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣马特奥县 (加利福尼亚州)”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣马特奥县（加利福尼亚州）”
  • “San Mateo”

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