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San Jose ( /ˌsæn hoʊˈseɪ/; Spanish: St. Joseph) is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. The San Jose/Silicon Valley area is a major component of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.6 million people and the sixth largest metropolitan area (CSA) in the United States. It is also the most populous city in Northern California.
San Jose was founded on November 29, 1777, as El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the first civilian town in the Spanish colony of Nueva California, which later became Alta California. The city served as a farming community to support Spanish military installations at San Francisco and Monterey. When California gained statehood in 1850, San Jose served as its first capital.
After more than 150 years as a small farming city, San Jose and the surrounding Santa Clara Valley became the last (and largest) contiguous area of undeveloped land surrounding the San Francisco Bay. San Jose experienced increased demand for housing from soldiers and veterans returning from World War II. San Jose then continued its aggressive expansion during the 1950s and 1960s by annexing more land area. The rapid growth of the high-technology and electronics industries further accelerated the transition from an agricultural center, to an urbanized metropolitan area.
San José, or San Jose, is the Spanish for Saint Joseph. It usually refers to one of two major cities. These are:
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Star lit skies, Texas eyes
Looking down on me tonight
Across the street, strangers meet
Hoping to catch a rising star
You and I will stay up and wake up and then
One more day, come what may at the San Jose
Spend the night, become the night
You never run out of things to do
Moonlight swims, midnight sins
And rooms for a secret rendezvous
You and I, will stay up and wake up and then
One more day, come what may at the San Jose
One more day, come what may