Palo Alto
city in Santa Clara County, California, United States
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Summary
Palo Alto is a city of California[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of city of california entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,838 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Santa Clara County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Head of government: Nancy Shepherd[5], Adrian Fine[6]
- Instance of: charter city[7], city[8]
- Shares border with: East Palo Alto[9], Menlo Park[10], Stanford[11], Mountain View[12], Los Altos[13], Los Altos Hills[14]
- Founder: Timothy Hopkins[15]
- Flag: flag of Palo Alto[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Albi[17], Oaxaca de Juárez[18], Enschede[19], Palo[20], Tsuchiura[21], Linköping Municipality[22], Heidelberg[23], Yangpu District[24]
- Postal code: 94301[25], 94302[26], 94303[27], 94304[28], 94306[29], 94309[30]
- Commons category: Palo Alto, California[31]
- Local dialing code: 650[32]
- Inception: January 1, 1894[33]
- Located in/on physical feature: Silicon Valley[34]
- Authority: City of Palo Alto[35]
- Official website: https://www.paloalto.gov/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Palo Alto, California[37]
- Commons gallery: Palo Alto, California[38]
- Population: 58,598[39], 66,777[40], 64,403[41], 68,572[42]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Palo Alto[43]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[44], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[45]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Palo Alto, California[46]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Palo Alto, California[47]
- Number of households: 26,150[48]
- Native label: Palo Alto[49]
- Category for people buried here: Q32406058[50]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Palo Alto include Palo Alto Airport[51], an airport[52], in United States[53].
Why It Matters
Palo Alto has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for it include Palo Alto Airport[51], an airport[52], in United States[53].