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San Jose, California
San Jose is a city in the Santa Clara Valley of northern California, founded in 1777 as San José de Guadalupe, the first civilian town (pueblo) of Spanish Alta California. It was briefly the state capital after California joined the United States in 1850. Since the late 20th century it has been the largest city of Silicon Valley.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). San Jose, California. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/san-jose-california
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