San Jose, California, United States

E241047

city county seat

San Jose is a major city in California’s Silicon Valley, known as a global center for technology and innovation.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
San Jose, California, United States canonical	59
San Jose, California	55
City of San Jose, California	3
San José, California, United States	3
City of San Jose	2
San Jose, California Bay Area	2
Almaden Valley, San Jose, California	1
City of San José, California	1
San Jose, California (principal executive offices of PayPal Holdings, Inc.)	1
San Jose, California Bay Area, United States	1
San Jose, United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1577879 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: San Jose, California, United States
Context triple: [Charles Geschke, workLocation, San Jose, California, United States]

A. Santa Clara, California, United States
Santa Clara is a major city in California’s Silicon Valley known for its concentration of high-tech companies, including serving as a key hub for the technology industry in the United States.
B. San Bruno, California, United States
San Bruno is a small city in San Mateo County, California, best known in recent years as the home of YouTube’s corporate headquarters.
C. Mountain View, California, United States
Mountain View, California, United States is a Silicon Valley city known as a major technology hub and home to numerous high-profile tech companies.
D. Foster City, California
Foster City, California is a planned waterfront suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its extensive lagoon system, residential communities, and tech-industry presence.
E. Los Altos, California, United States
Los Altos, California, United States is an affluent Silicon Valley suburb in Santa Clara County known for its residential character, excellent schools, and proximity to major tech companies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: San Jose, California, United States
Target entity description: San Jose is a major city in California’s Silicon Valley, known as a global center for technology and innovation.

A. Santa Clara, California, United States
Santa Clara is a major city in California’s Silicon Valley known for its concentration of high-tech companies, including serving as a key hub for the technology industry in the United States.
B. San Bruno, California, United States
San Bruno is a small city in San Mateo County, California, best known in recent years as the home of YouTube’s corporate headquarters.
C. Mountain View, California, United States
Mountain View, California, United States is a Silicon Valley city known as a major technology hub and home to numerous high-profile tech companies.
D. Foster City, California
Foster City, California is a planned waterfront suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its extensive lagoon system, residential communities, and tech-industry presence.
E. Los Altos, California, United States
Los Altos, California, United States is an affluent Silicon Valley suburb in Santa Clara County known for its residential character, excellent schools, and proximity to major tech companies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ county seat ⓘ
airport	Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport ⓘ linked to: San Jose International Airport San Jose International Airport ⓘ
areaCode	408 ⓘ 669 ⓘ
areaTotal	approximately 180 square miles ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Santa Clara County ⓘ
culturalAttraction	Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose ⓘ San Jose Museum of Art ⓘ The Tech Interactive ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 26 m ⓘ
foundingDate	1777-11-29 ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasHistoricBuilding	Peralta Adobe ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	San Pedro Square ⓘ
hasProfessionalSportsTeam	San Jose Earthquakes ⓘ San Jose Sharks ⓘ
hasSignificantLanguageCommunity	Spanish ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ
hasUniversity	San José State University ⓘ linked to: San Jose State University Santa Clara University ⓘ
isCountySeatOf	Santa Clara County ⓘ
knownFor	being a global center for high tech ⓘ technology and innovation ⓘ
languageMajority	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Silicon Valley ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
majorIndustry	computer hardware ⓘ information technology ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ software ⓘ
majorRiver	Coyote Creek ⓘ Guadalupe River ⓘ
medianHouseholdIncomeRank	among highest of large U.S. cities ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Joseph ⓘ
nickname	Capital of Silicon Valley ⓘ
originalName	Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe ⓘ
park	Alum Rock Park ⓘ
partOfCombinedStatisticalArea	San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland CSA ⓘ linked to: San Francisco Bay Area
partOfMetropolitanArea	San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan area
population	over 1,000,000 ⓘ
populationRankInCalifornia	3 ⓘ
populationRankInUnitedStates	among top 10 cities ⓘ
postalCodePrefix	951 ⓘ
sportsVenue	PayPal Park ⓘ SAP Center at San Jose ⓘ linked to: San Jose Arena
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
timeZoneDST	Pacific Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Pacific Time Zone