San Jose, California

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The City of San José (IPA pronunciation: ) is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of California and is the county seat of Santa Clara County.

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IPA pronunciation - City - U.S. state - California - County seat - Santa Clara County

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The city is located at the south end of the San Francisco Bay, within the informal boundaries of Silicon Valley, and is the largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area. As of 2005, it reported an estimated population of 904,522, making it the most populous city in Northern California (it surpassed San Francisco in 1989) and third most populous city in the state, after Los Angeles and San Diego. The Census Bureau update for 2005 indicates San Jose has overtaken Detroit as the United States' tenth most populous city. All of these figures refer to the area within the city limits, which is the sense in which the word "city" is normally used in the U.S. and not to the urban area. The San Francisco Bay Area, of which San Jose forms part, is the fifth most populated in the U.S.

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San Francisco Bay - Silicon Valley - San Francisco Bay Area - 2005 - Northern California - San Francisco - 1989 - Los Angeles - San Diego - Census Bureau - Detroit - City limits - Urban area

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San José was the first town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California (later Alta California), founded in 1777 as a farming community to provide food for nearby military installations. It served as the first capital of California after statehood was granted in 1850. After over 150 years as an agricultural center, increased demand for housing from soldiers and other veterans returning from World War II and starting families, as well as aggressive expansion during the 1950s and 1960s led first to San Jose being a bedroom community for Silicon Valley in the 1970s, then attracting businesses to the city; by 1990 the city was calling itself the Capital of Silicon Valley.

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Town - Spanish colony - Alta California - 1777 - 1850 - World War II - 1950s - 1960s - Bedroom community - 1970s - 1990

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On April 3, 1979, the city council adopted San José as the spelling of the city name on the city seal and official stationery; however, the name is still more commonly spelled without the diacritic mark.

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April 3 - 1979 - Diacritic mark

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Based on statistics reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, San José is the nation's safest city with population of 500,000 or more. The designation is based on crime statistics for 2004 in six categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and auto theft. http://www.morganquitno.com/cit05pop.htm#25

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Federal Bureau of Investigation - Murder - Rape - Robbery - Aggravated assault - Burglary - Auto theft

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