San Jose is Spanish for "Saint Joseph" officially the City of San Jos is one of Silicon Valley's economic, cultural, and political hubs and Northern California's largest city. It has an estimated population of more than 1030,000 people. Set in the middle of the Santa Clara Valley, on San Francisco Bay's southern coast, San Jose occupies an area of 179.97 square miles. San Jose is a global city, notable for its affluence, Mediterranean climate and exceptionally high cost of living as a center of innovation. San Jose's position inside the booming high-tech industry has given the city the nickname of Silicon Valley Capital as a cultural, political, and economic centre. San Jose is one of US and world's richest big cities.