South Bay
The South Bay is the part of the Bay Area to the south of San Francisco Bay and to the southeast of the San Francisco Peninsula in California. The South Bay is the core of Silicon Valley, where many famous technology companies are located.
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South Bay
- Type: region
- Description: southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California
- Also known as: “phía nam vùng vịnh”, “Sur de la Bahia”, and “Южния залив”
- Location: Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
37.23° or 37° 13′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
-121.74° or 121° 44′ 24″ west
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“South Bay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جنوب الخليج”
- Basque: “South Bay”
- Bulgarian: “Южен залив”
- Esperanto: “Suda Golfo”
- German: “South Bay Area”
- German: “South Bay”
- Hebrew: “אזור סאות‘ ביי”
- Hebrew: “סאות’ ביי”
- Italian: “San Francisco South Bay”
- Japanese: “サウスベイ”
- Slovenian: “Južni zaliv”
- Spanish: “Sur de la Bahía”
- Vietnamese: “phía nam vùng vịnh San Francisco”
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