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Also known as Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara, CA

city in Santa Clara County, California, United States

AI overview

Santa Clara is a city located in Santa Clara County in California. It is one of the major cities in the San Francisco Bay Area and serves as an important regional center.

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Clare of Assisi
Population
127647
Area
47.67455
Elevation
72
Time zone
UTC−08:00
Shares border with
Sunnyvale
Official website
www.santaclaraca.gov
Image
Santaclaraconventioncenter.jpg
Households
44198
Dialing code
408
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located in/on physical feature
Silicon Valley
postal code
95056
twinned administrative body
Coimbra
Commons category
Santa Clara, California
category for people born here
Category:Births in Santa Clara, California
inception
1777-00-00
native label
Santa Clara
category for people who died here
Q21521332
IPA transcription
ˌsæntəˈklærə
different from
Santa Clara
water as percent of area
0
water area
0
per capita income
60123
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Encyclopedic overview

Santa Clara (/ˌsæntə ˈklærə/ SAN-tə KLAR-ə; Spanish for 'Saint Clare') is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area. Located in the southern Bay Area, the city was founded by the Spanish in 1777 with the establishment of Mission Santa Clara de Asís under the leadership of Junípero Serra.

Santa Clara is located in the center of Silicon Valley and is home to the headquarters of companies such as Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Nvidia. It is also home to Santa Clara University, the oldest private university in California; Levi's Stadium, the home of the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers; and California's Great America amusement park. Santa Clara is bordered by San Jose on almost every side, except for Sunnyvale and Cupertino to the west.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Santa Clara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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