Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley lies in the South Bay and the southern of the San Francisco Bay Area. Once best known for its prune orchards, the area underwent explosive growth with the creation of the high-tech industry in the 1960s.
  • Region
  • Description: region of Northern California in the United States
  • Also known as
    “Silicon Valley, CA”
    “Silicon Valley, California”

Places of Interest

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palo Alto and Menlo Park.
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Latitude
37.443° or 37° 26′ 35″ north
Longitude
-122.1545° or 122° 9′ 16″ west
Open location code
849VCRVW+55
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Silicon Valley” goes by many names.
Silicon ValleyAfrikaans
Silicon ValleyArabic
سيلكون فاليArabic
سيليكون فاليArabic
وادي السليكونArabic
وادي السيلكونArabic
وادي السيليكونArabic
Սիլիկոն ՎալիArmenian
Սիլիկոնային հովիտArmenian
Silicon ValleyAsturian
Silikon VadisiAzerbaijani
Lebah SilikonBalinese
Silicon ValleyBasque
Крамянёвая далінаBelarusian
Крэмніевая далінаBelarusian
Сіліконавая далінаBelarusian
Сыліконавая далінаBelarusian
সিলিকন ভ্যালিBengali
Lebak SilikonBetawi
Silicijska dolinaBosnian
Silikonska dolinaBosnian
Silicon ValleyBreton
Силиконова долинаBulgarian
Силиконовата долинаBulgarian
Силициева долинаBulgarian
Силициевата долинаBulgarian
ဆီလီကွန်တောင်ကြားBurmese
ဆီလီကွန်ဗယ်လီBurmese
Silicon ValleyCatalan
سیلیکۆن ڤالیCentral Kurdish
矽谷Chinese
硅谷Chinese
Кремни лапамӗChuvash
Silicijska dolinaCroatian
Silikonska dolinaCroatian
Křemíkové údolíCzech
Silicon ValleyCzech
Silicon ValleyDanish
सिलिकन भ्यालीDotyali
SiliciumvalleiDutch
Silicon ValleyDutch
وادى سليكونEgyptian Arabic
Silicia ValoEsperanto
Silicon ValleyEsperanto
RäniorgEstonian
Silicon ValleyEstonian
Silicon ValleyFaroese
PiilaaksoFinnish
Silicon ValleyFinnish
სილიკონის ველიGeorgian
სილიციუმის ველიGeorgian
Silicon ValleyGreek
Κοιλάδα του ΠυριτίουGreek
Σίλικον ΒάλεϊGreek
Σίλικον ΒάλεϋGreek
Σίλικον ΒάλλεϋGreek
સિલિકૉન વૅલીGujarati
Si̍t-kukHakka Chinese
Silicon ValleyHausa
Silicon ValleyHawaiian
עמק הסיליקוןHebrew
सिलिकॉन वैलीHindi
Szilícium-völgyHungarian
KísildalurIcelandic
Silicon ValleyIcelandic
Siliko-ValoIdo
NdagwurugwuIgbo
Silicon valleyIgbo
TinnoleehiInari Sami
Silicon ValleyIndonesian
Valle del SilicioInterlingua
Gleann an tSileacainIrish
Silicon ValleyItalian
シリコン・ヴァレーJapanese
シリコン・バレーJapanese
シリコンバーレーJapanese
ニューリッチJapanese
Lembah SilikonJavanese
Sïlïkon alqabıKazakh
Силикон алқабыKazakh
سىيلىيكون القابىKazakh
Silicon ValleyKikuyu
실리콘 밸리Korean
실리콘 벨리Korean
Geliyê SilîkonêKurdish
Silicium VallisLatin
Vallis SiliciiLatin
Silīcija ielejaLatvian
Silikona ielejaLatvian
Silicio slėnisLithuanian
Silicon ValleyLow German
Силициумска ДолинаMacedonian
Lembah SilikonMalay
Silicon ValleyMalay
സിലിക്കൺ വാലിMalayalam
सिलिकॉन व्हॅलीMarathi
Silicon ValleyMin Dong Chinese
Si-lí-khóng soaⁿ-kokMin Nan Chinese
Цахиурын хөндийMongolian
سيليكون ڤاليMoroccan Arabic
وادي السيليكونMoroccan Arabic
Silicon ValleyNorwegian
Silicon ValleyNorwegian Bokmål
SilisiumdalenNorwegian Bokmål
Silicon ValleyNorwegian Nynorsk
Silicon ValleyOccitan (post 1500)
ਸਿਲੀਕਾਨ ਘਾਟੀPanjabi
درهٔ سیلیکانPersian
درهٔ سیلیکونPersian
دره‌ی سیلیکونPersian
سیلیکان ولیPersian
سیلیکن ولیPersian
سیلیکون‌ولیPersian
یوپلاسPersian
Dolina KrzemowaPolish
Krzemowa DolinaPolish
Silicon ValleyPolish
ဆီလီကွန်ဗယ်လီRakhine
ဆီလီကွန်ဗယ်လီ(Silicon Valley)Rakhine
Silicon ValleyRomanian
Кремниевая долинаRussian
Силиконовая долинаRussian
Silicon ValleyScots
Silicijumska dolinaSerbian
Silikonove dolineSerbian
Силиконска ДолинаSerbian
Силицијумска долинаSerbian
Silicijska dolinaSerbo-Croatian
Silicijumska dolinaSerbo-Croatian
Kremíkové údolieSlovak
Silicon ValleySlovak
Silicijeva dolinaSlovenian
سیلیکون والئیSouth Azerbaijani
KiseldalenSwedish
Silicon ValleySwedish
ꠍꠤꠟꠤꠇꠘ ꠜꠦꠟꠤSylheti
சிலிகான் பள்ளத்தாக்குTamil
சிலிக்கான் பள்ளத்தாக்குTamil
సిలికాన్ వ్యాలిTelugu
ซิลิคอนวัลเลย์Thai
ซิลิคอนแวลลีย์Thai
Silikon VadisiTurkish
Компанії Силіконової долиниUkrainian
Кремнієва долинаUkrainian
Силіконова долинаUkrainian
سیلیکون ویلیUrdu
Silicon vodiysiUzbek
Silicon ValleyVietnamese
Thung lũng Điện tửVietnamese
Thung lũng SiliconVietnamese
Silicon ValleyWaray (Philippines)
Dyffryn SiliconWelsh
Silicon ValleyWestern Frisian
سلیکون ویلیWestern Panjabi
硅谷Wu Chinese
Силикон хочотоYakut
矽谷Yue Chinese

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