| San Jose is the 3rd largest city in California, and | | | | official spelling, and this spelling is used on the city |
| 10th largest in the United States. As of 2006, the | | | | seal, official stationery, office titles and |
| city's population was estimated at 929,936, with | | | | department names. |
| 1,810,560 living in the San Jose metropolitan area. | | | | Attractions in San Jose include: |
| San Jose was the first city to be incorporated in | | | | - Happy Hollow Park and Zoo |
| the state of California, this having been done in | | | | Here are some other facts about the area: |
| 1850, just after the area had been annexed from | | | | - Some of the major companies that have based |
| Mexico (in 1846). San Jose then went on to | | | | their headquarters in San Jose include Adobe |
| become California's first state capital, as well | | | | Systems, Cisco Systems and eBay. |
| hosting the first two sessions (1850 to 1851) of | | | | - Professional sports franchises in San Jose include |
| the California Legislature. | | | | the California League baseball team, the San Jose |
| One interesting issue is whether the name should | | | | Giants, and the ice hockey team, the San Jose |
| be spelled with or without the diacritical mark, that | | | | Sharks. |
| is to say, as "San Jose" or "San José". The | | | | - Probably the best known educational institution in |
| City Charter, defines the official name as "The | | | | San Jose is San José State University |
| City of San Jose" (without the diacritical mark), | | | | ("SJSU"). San José State University |
| and this is probably the most common way that | | | | ("SJSU") is an urban university with a student |
| the city's name is spelled. On the other hand, on | | | | enrollment of over 30,000, including more than |
| April 3rd 1979, the City Council adopted "San | | | | 20,000 undergraduates. |
| José" (with the diacritical mark), as the | | | | |