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Santa Clara County

San Jose

Often called "the capital of ", San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in , and the 12th largest city in the United States, with a population of over 997,000 residents as of 2024.
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  • Type: City with 1,010,000 residents
  • Description: city and county seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “City of San Jose”, “City of San José”, “Pueblo De Alvarado”, “Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe”, “Pueblo De San Jose De Guadalupe”, “Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe”, “San José”, “San Jose De Alvarado”, “San José de Guadalupe”, “San Jose De Guadalupe *”, “San Jose, CA”, “San José, CA”, “San Jose, California”, and “San José, California”
  • Postal codes: 95101, 95103, 95106, 95108-95113, 95115-95136, 95138, 95139, 95141, 95148, 95150-95161, 95164, 95170, 95172, 95173, 95190-95194, and 95196
  • Neighbors: , , , , , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include SAP Center and San Jose Diridon station.

Stadium
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at San Jose is an indoor arena located in San Jose, California. Its primary tenant is the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, for which the arena has earned the nickname "The Shark Tank".

Railway station
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is the central passenger rail depot for San Jose, California. It also serves as a major intermodal transit center for and .

Church
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The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph is a historic Catholic church in Downtown San Jose that serves as the cathedral for the Diocese of San José in California, with the distinction of minor basilica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spartan Keyes and Buena Vista.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of central San Jose, California, located just south of Downtown San Jose. is home to a notable community of artists, art studios, and galleries.

Suburb
is a former census-designated place in , United States. The population was 1,704 at the 2000 census. The area is now part of the city of San Jose.

Neighborhood
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is a district of San Jose, California, though some portions are still unincorporated as a census-designated place. The population of the CDP was 989 at the 2020 census.

San Jose

Latitude
37.3362° or 37° 20′ 10″ north
Longitude
-121.8906° or 121° 53′ 26″ west
Population
1,010,000
Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)
IATA airport code
SJC
United Nations Location Codes
US AZB, US S2J, and US SJC
Open location code
849W84P5+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1690212988
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5392171
Wiki­data ID
Q16553
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“San Jose” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “San Jose, Kalifornië”
  • Afrikaans: “San Jose”
  • Albanian: “San Hose”
  • Albanian: “San Jose, California”
  • Amharic: “ሳን ሆዜ፣ ካሊፎርኒያ”
  • Arabic: “سان خوسيه”
  • Arabic: “سان هوزيه”
  • Aragonese: “San Jose”
  • Aragonese: “San José”
  • Armenian: “Սան Խոսե”
  • Asturian: “San José”
  • Azerbaijani: “San-Xose”
  • Balinese: “San José, California”
  • Balinese: “San José”
  • Bambara: “San José”
  • Basque: “San Jose”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Хасэ (Каліфорнія)”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Хасэ, Каліфорнія”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Хасэ”
  • Bengali: “স্যান হোসে”
  • Bhojpuri: “सैन होजे”
  • Bosnian: “San Jose”
  • Breton: “San Jose”
  • Bulgarian: “Сан Хосе”
  • Catalan: “San José”
  • Cebuano: “San Jose”
  • Central Kurdish: “سان خۆسێ، کالیفۆرنیا”
  • Chechen: “Сан-Хосе”
  • Chinese: “San Jose”
  • Chinese: “圣何塞”
  • Chinese: “圣荷西”
  • Chinese: “聖何塞”
  • Chinese: “聖荷西”
  • Chuvash: “Сан-Хосе”
  • Cornish: “San Jose, Kaliforni”
  • Cornish: “San Jose”
  • Croatian: “San Jose, Kalifornija”
  • Croatian: “San Jose”
  • Czech: “San José”
  • Dagbani: “San Jose”
  • Danish: “San Jose”
  • Dutch: “San Jose”
  • Dutch: “San José”
  • Eastern Mari: “Сан-Хосе”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سان خوسيه”
  • Esperanto: “San Jose”
  • Esperanto: “San-Joseo”
  • Estonian: “San Jose”
  • Ewe: “San Jose”
  • Finnish: “San José”
  • French: “San José”
  • Galician: “San Jose”
  • Gan Chinese: “聖荷西”
  • Georgian: “სან-ხოსე”
  • German: “San Jose”
  • German: “San José”
  • Gilaki: “سن خؤزه”
  • Greek: “Σαν Χοσέ, Καλιφόρνια”
  • Greek: “Σαν Χοσέ”
  • Guarani: “San José”
  • Gujarati: “સાન હોસે, કેલિફોર્નિયા”
  • Gujarati: “સાન હોસે”
  • Gujarati: “સેન જોસ”
  • Gujarati: “સેન હોસે”
  • Haitian: “San Jose, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “San Jose”
  • Hebrew: “סן חוזה”
  • Hindi: “सैन जोस, कैलिफोर्निया”
  • Hindi: “सैन जोस”
  • Hindi: “सैन होज़े, कैलिफोर्निया”
  • Hindi: “सैन होज़े”
  • Hungarian: “San José, Kalifornia”
  • Hungarian: “San José”
  • Icelandic: “San Jose”
  • Ido: “San Jose, Kalifornia”
  • Ido: “San Jose”
  • Iloko: “San Jose, California”
  • Iloko: “San Jose”
  • Indonesian: “San José, California”
  • Indonesian: “San Jose”
  • Interlingua: “Citate de San José”
  • Interlingua: “San Jose (California)”
  • Interlingua: “San José (California)”
  • Interlingua: “San Jose”
  • Interlingua: “San José”
  • Irish: “San Jose, California”
  • Irish: “San Jose”
  • Italian: “San Jose”
  • Japanese: “サンノゼ”
  • Japanese: “ニューアーク”
  • Javanese: “San José, California”
  • Javanese: “San Jose”
  • Javanese: “San José”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಜೋಸ್ , ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಫೋರ್ನಿಯಾ/ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಫೋರ್ನಿಯಾದ ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಜೋಸ್”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್‌ ಜೋಸ್‌‌”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್‌ ಹೋಸೆ, ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಫೋರ್ನಿಯಾ”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಹೋಸೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್‌ ಹೋಸೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Сан Хосе қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Сан Хосе”
  • Korean: “산호세”
  • Korean: “새너제이”
  • Korean: “샌호제이”
  • Kurdish: “San Jose, Kalîforniya”
  • Kurdish: “San Jose”
  • Ladin: “San Jose”
  • Latin: “Fanum Sancti Iosephi”
  • Latin: “Iosephopolis in California”
  • Latin: “Iosephopolis”
  • Latin: “Oppidum Sancti Iosephi Guadalupensis”
  • Latvian: “Sanhosē”
  • Limburgan: “San Jose”
  • Lithuanian: “San Chosė”
  • Lithuanian: “San Chozė”
  • Lombard: “San Jose”
  • Luxembourgish: “San José”
  • Macedonian: “Сан Хозе”
  • Macedonian: “Сан Хосе”
  • Malagasy: “San Jose, California”
  • Malagasy: “San Jose”
  • Malay: “San Jose, California”
  • Malay: “San Jose”
  • Malayalam: “സാൻ ജോസ്, കാലിഫോർണിയ”
  • Malayalam: “സാൻ ജോസ്”
  • Maori: “San José, Karapōnia”
  • Maori: “San Jose”
  • Marathi: “सॅन होजे”
  • Mazanderani: “سن خوزه (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “سن خوزه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “San Jose”
  • Mingrelian: “სან-ხოსე”
  • Moksha: “Сан-Хосэ”
  • Mongolian: “Сан-Хосе”
  • Navajo: “Tólą́ Nihiníyíní”
  • Nepali: “सान होसे, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Nepali: “सान होसे,क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Nepali: “सान होसे”
  • Newari: “सान होसे, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “सान होसे”
  • Northern Frisian: “San Jose”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Jose”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Jose i California”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Jose”
  • Norwegian: “San Jose”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “San José”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Hālgaiosep, Californie”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sanct Iosepburg, Californie”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Хосе”
  • Pampanga: “San Jose, California”
  • Pampanga: “San Jose”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਨ ਹੋਜ਼ੇ, ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਨ ਹੋਜ਼ੇ”
  • Persian: “سان خوزه٬ کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “سن خوزه”
  • Persian: “سن‌خوزه، کالیفرنیا”
  • Piemontese: “San José”
  • Polish: “San Jose”
  • Polish: “San José”
  • Portuguese: “San José”
  • Portuguese: “São José”
  • Romanian: “San Jose, California”
  • Romanian: “San Jose”
  • Romanian: “Сан Хосе”
  • Russian: “Сан Хозе”
  • Russian: “Сан-Хозе”
  • Russian: “Сан-Хосе”
  • Sardinian: “San José”
  • Scots: “San Jose, Californie”
  • Scots: “San Jose”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “San Jose, Calafòrnia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “San Jose”
  • Serbian: “San Hoze”
  • Serbian: “Сан Хозе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Jose, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Jose”
  • Silesian: “San Jose”
  • Sinhala: “සැන් ජෝස්”
  • Slovak: “San José”
  • Slovenian: “San Jose, Kalifornija”
  • Slovenian: “San Jose”
  • Slovenian: “San José”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سن‌خوزه”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de San José”
  • Spanish: “Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe”
  • Spanish: “Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe”
  • Spanish: “San José (California)”
  • Spanish: “San Jose”
  • Spanish: “San José”
  • Swahili: “San Jose, California”
  • Swahili: “San Jose”
  • Swedish: “San Jose, Kalifornien”
  • Swedish: “San Jose”
  • Tagalog: “San Jose, California”
  • Tagalog: “San Jose”
  • Tajik: “Сан Ҳосе”
  • Talysh: “San Xose”
  • Tamil: “சான் ஒசே, கலிபோர்னியா”
  • Tamil: “சான் ஜோஸ்”
  • Tamil: “சான் ஹொசே”
  • Tamil: “ஸேன் ஹோஸே, கலிஃபோர்னியா”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Хосе”
  • Telugu: “శానోజే”
  • Telugu: “శాన్ ఓసె”
  • Telugu: “సాన్ హోస్”
  • Thai: “แซนโฮเซ”
  • Turkish: “San Jose, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “San Jose”
  • Turkmen: “San-Hose”
  • Twi: “San Jose, California”
  • Twi: “San Jose”
  • Uighur: “San Xosé”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан Хозе”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Хозе”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Хосе”
  • Urdu: “سان ہوزے، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “San Jose”
  • Uzbek: “San Xose”
  • Venetian: “San Jose”
  • Veps: “San Hose”
  • Vietnamese: “San Hôzê”
  • Vietnamese: “San Jose, Ca Li”
  • Vietnamese: “San Jose, California”
  • Vietnamese: “San José, California”
  • Vietnamese: “San Jose”
  • Vietnamese: “San José”
  • Vlax Romani: “San Jose”
  • Volapük: “San Jose”
  • Waray (Philippines): “San Jose, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “San Jose”
  • Welsh: “San Jose, Califfornia”
  • Welsh: “San Jose”
  • Western Frisian: “San Jose”
  • Western Mari: “Сан-Хосе”
  • Western Panjabi: “سا ن جوز”
  • Western Panjabi: “سان ہوزے”
  • Western Panjabi: “سان ہوسے”
  • Western Panjabi: “سین ہوزے”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣何塞（加利福尼亚州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣何塞”
  • Yakut: “Сан Хосе”
  • Yoruba: “San Jose, Kalifọ́rníà”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖荷西”
  • “San José”
  • “San Jòśè”
  • “सैन होजे”

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