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Santa Clara

city in Santa Clara County, California, United States
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Summary

Santa Clara is a city in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,091 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Santa Clara County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Lisa Gillmor[5]
  • Instance of: big city[6], charter city[7]
  • Shares border with: San Jose[8], Cupertino[9], Sunnyvale[10]
  • Named after: Clare of Assisi[11]
  • Flag: flag of Santa Clara[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: Izumo[13], Coimbra[14]
  • Postal code: 95050[15], 95051[16], 95052[17], 95053[18], 95054[19], 95055[20], 95056[21]
  • Commons category: Santa Clara, California[22]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−08:00[23], UTC−07:00[24], Pacific Time Zone[25]
  • Local dialing code: 408[26]
  • Inception: 1777[27]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Silicon Valley[28]
  • Authority: City of Santa Clara[29]
  • Official website: http://www.santaclaraca.gov/[30]
  • IPA transcription: ˌsæntəˈklærə[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Santa Clara, California[32]
  • Population: 122,192[33], 116,468[34], 127,647[35]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Santa Clara, California[36]
  • Category for people who died here: Q21521332[37]
  • Number of households: 44,198[38]
  • Native label: Santa Clara[39]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Santa Clara, California[40]
  • Different from: Santa Clarita[41], Santa Clara[42]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Areas include 47.678886 km²[43] and 47.67455 km²[44]. Santa Clara sits at an elevation of 72 feet[45].

Why It Matters

Santa Clara has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . santaclaraca.gov. Retrieved . santaclaraca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . cacities.org. Retrieved . cacities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [43] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC−08:00, UTC−07:00, Pacific Time Zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject California, WikiProject United States, WikiProject Cities
    Water as percent of area → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0'}
    Coat of arms image → Seal of Santa Clara, California.png
    Flag → flag of Santa Clara
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has seal, badge, or sigil: Q139991926"
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