San Jose, California
San Jose (officially San José) is a city in Santa Clara County, California in the United States.
It is the third biggest city in California, after Los Angeles and San Diego. It is the 12th biggest city in the United States.[1] It is south of San Francisco. The city has 1,000,000 people. It has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb in the Koeppen climate classification).
By the 1990s, San Jose and the rest of Silicon Valley had become the global center for high tech and internet industries, making it California's fastest-growing economy.[2] It has very high home prices and is one of the most expensive places to live in the United States.
San Jose is home to San José State University as well as the hockey team San Jose Sharks.
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The Peralta Adobe in San Pedro Square was built in 1797 and is San Jose's oldest standing building.
Antonio María Pico served twice as Alcalde of San José (mayor) and was a signer of the Californian Constitution, representing San Jose at the Monterey Constitutional Convention of 1849.
The Bank of Italy Building, built in 1926, is the oldest skyscraper in Downtown San Jose.
Map of San Jose's regions: Central San Jose West San Jose South San Jose East San Jose North San Jose
The Santa Clara Valley experiences a Mediterranean climate, with an average of 301 days of sunshine.
A satellite image of the Santa Clara Valley near San Jose; the city makes up most of the urbanization in the center of the valley.
Map of the major hill and mountain ranges in San Jose: Sierra Azul (Santa Cruz Mountains) Santa Teresa Hills San Juan Bautista Hills Silver Creek Hills Diablo Mountains Los Buellis Hills
President William McKinley memorial in St. James Park
References
- ↑ "San Jose no longer in Top 10 of most populous U.S. cities". The Mercury News. 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ↑ "Silicon Valley Business Journal – San Jose has the Fastest-Growing Economy in California". Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
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Coordinates: 37°18′15″N 121°52′22″W / 37.304051°N 121.872734°W