Officially the City of San Jose, the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California and the 13th-most populous city in the United States, with an estimated 989,814 residents as of 2025; its metropolitan area is home to nearly two million people and its combined statistical area to more than nine million. Located in the Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, it covers 179.97 square miles and serves as the county seat of Santa Clara County.
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is a manufacturer of programmable logic devices (PLDs) headquartered in San Jose, California
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1. San Jose, California - Wikipedia
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with an estimated 989,814 residents as of 2025
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469.78
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San Jose was founded on November 29, 1777, as the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first city founded in the Californias.
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82 ft (25 m)
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37°20′10″N 121°53′26″W / 37.33611°N 121.89056°W
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View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 37.3361,-121.8906
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"elevation": 29.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.25, -121.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.25, -121.75
37.25 -121.75 Csb
4. GeoNames: San Jose - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 5392171, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.53 km)Quote, cities500 record 5392171, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.53 km)
37.33939 -121.89496 P PPLA2 US CA 085 997368 26 23 America/Los_Angeles
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