San José or San Jose (Spanish for

Saint Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...

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San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...

, United States *

San José, Costa Rica San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Central Valley, within San José Canton. San ...

, the nation's capital San José or San Jose may also refer to:

Places

Argentina

San José, Buenos Aires San José is a ''localidad'' (district) located in the south of Lomas de Zamora Partido in Buenos Aires Province, it forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation. The neighborhood, named after Saint Joseph, traces its origins to 1948, when ...

San José (Buenos Aires Underground) San José is a station on Line E of the Buenos Aires Underground The Buenos Aires Underground ( es, Subterráneo de Buenos Aires, links=no), locally known as Subte (), is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aire ...

, a railway station **

San José vieja (Buenos Aires Underground) San José vieja is a ghost station in the Buenos Aires Underground, which was part of Line E until its closure in 1966. It is one of two ghost stations on the line, the other being Constitución. History The station was part of Line E's or ...

, a ghost railway station * San José, Santa María, Catamarca *

San José, Entre Ríos San José (also called Villa San José) is a city in the center-east of the provinces of Argentina, province of Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Argentina, located some 10 km northwest from Colón, Entre Ríos, Colón, near the Uruguay River ...

San José de Feliciano San José de Feliciano is a city in the north of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, near the border with Corrientes. It has 11,137 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the Feliciano Department. The city was officially founded in ...

, Entre Ríos * San José de Fray Mamerto Esquiú, Catamarca * San José de Jáchal, San Juan *

San José de Metán San José de Metán (usually shortened to Metán) is a city in the south of the province of Salta, Argentina, 160 km from the provincial capital Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. Wi ...

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Colonia San José, La Pampa Colonia San José is a village and rural locality (municipality) in La Pampa Province in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. ...

Belize

* San José, Orange Walk

Bolivia

San José, Andrés Ibáñez San José is a small town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean Republic of Bolivia. Location San José is the central town of ''Cantón San José'' and is located in La Guardia Municipality in Andrés Ibáñez Province. It ...

San José de Chiquitos San José de Chiquitos or simply San José is the capital of Chiquitos Province in the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. It is known as part of the ''Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos'', which is declared in 1990 a World Heritage Site, as a former ...

Chile

San José de la Mariquina Mariquina is a commune in southern Chile, Valdivia Province, Los Ríos Region. It is located about 40 km northeast of Valdivia, close to Cruces River. The capital is the city of San José de la Mariquina. The commune's main economic activitie ...

* San José de Maipo

Colombia

* San José de Albán, a town and municipality in the Nariño Department *

San José, Caldas San José is a town and municipality located in the western portion of the Colombian Department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * ...

, a town and municipality in the Caldas Department *

San José de Pare San José de Pare is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. The urban centre of San José de Pare is situated at an elevation of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, and the elevati ...

, a town and municipality in the Boyacá Department * San José de Cúcuta, a city and municipality in Norte de Santander * San José de la Fragua, a town and municipality in the Caquetá Department * San José de las Lagunas, the seat of the Roberto Payán municipality in the Nariño Department *

San José de Ocune San Jose de Ocune is a town and municipality located in the Department of Vichada, Colombia. Municipalities of Vichada Department {{Vichada-geo-stub ...

, a town and municipality in the Vichada Department *

San José del Guaviare San José del Guaviare () is a town and municipality in Colombia, capital of the department of Guaviare by the Guaviare River The Guaviare is a tributary of the Orinoco in Colombia. It flows together with the upper Orinoco (until here also ca ...

, a town and municipality in the Guaviare Department *

Valle de San José Valle San José is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. Municipalities of Santander Department {{Santander-geo-stub ...

, a town and municipality in the Santander Department

Costa Rica

, the capital of Costa Rica and of the province of San José **

Juan Santamaría International Airport Juan Santamaría International Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría) is the primary airport serving San José, the capital of Costa Rica. The airport is located in the city of Alajuela, 20 km (12 miles) west of downto ...

(SJO) *

San José Province San José () is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders (clockwise beginning in the north) the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Limón, Cartago and Puntarenas. The provincial and national capital ...

* San José (canton), a canton in the province of San José * San José de Alajuela, a village and district in the canton of Alajuela in the province of Alajuela * San José District, Grecia, a district in the canton of Grecia in the province of Alajuela * San José District, Atenas, a district in the canton of Atenas in the province of Alajuela * San José District, Naranjo, a district in the canton of Naranjo in the province of Alajuela * San José District, Upala, a district in the canton of Upala in the province of Alajuela * San José de la Montaña District, a district in the canton of Barva in the province of Heredia * San José District, San Isidro, a district in the canton of San Isidro in the province of Heredia

Guatemala

* San José, El Petén * San José, Escuintla * San José Acatempa * San José Chacayá * San José El Idolo * San José La Arada * San José Ojetenam * San José Pinula * San José Poaquil * San José del Golfo * Puerto San José

Honduras

* San José, La Paz * San José, Copán

Mexico

* San José, Sonora, a place affected by Hurricane Paine (1986), Hurricane Paine * San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur * San José Iturbide, Guanajuato * San José Villa de Allende, State of México * San José Ayuquila, Oaxaca * San José Chiltepec, Oaxaca * San José Chinantequilla, Oaxaca * San José del Peñasco, Oaxaca * San José del Progreso, Oaxaca * San José Estancia Grande, Oaxaca * San José Independencia, Oaxaca * San José Lachiguirí, Oaxaca * San José Tenango, Oaxaca * San José Tzal, Yucatán

Panama

* David, Panama or San José de David * San José, Calobre, Veraguas * San José, Cañazas, Veraguas * San José, Los Santos * San José, Panamá Oeste * San José, San Francisco, Veraguas

Paraguay

* San José de los Arroyos * San José Obrero

Philippines

* San Jose, Batangas * San Jose, Camarines Sur * San Jose, Dinagat Islands * San Jose, Negros Oriental * San Jose, Northern Samar * San Jose, Nueva Ecija * San Jose, Occidental Mindoro * San Jose, Romblon * San Jose, Tarlac * San Jose de Buan, Samar * San Jose de Buenavista, Antique * San Jose del Monte, Bulacan * San Jose Sico, Batangas, Batangas

Puerto Rico

* San José (Oriente), a sector of Oriente

Spain

* San José (Almeria) * San José del Valle, Cádiz * Sant Josep de sa Talaia (municipality), Balearic Islands ** Sant Josep de sa Talaia, a village in the municipality

United States

* San Jose, Arizona, San Jose, Graham County, Arizona *

, the largest city in the world named San Jose ** Downtown San Jose, the business district ** San Jose International Airport * a defunct San Jose Township, Los Angeles County, California * San Jose, Illinois * San Jose, San Miguel County, New Mexico * San Jose, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

Northern Mariana Islands

* San Jose, Tinian * San Jose, Saipan village, a List of populated places in the Northern Mariana Islands, populated place in the Northern Mariana Islands

Uruguay

* San José de Mayo * San José Department *San José de Carrasco

Cuba

*San José de las Lajas

Islands

* Weddell Island or Isla San José, Falkland Islands * Isla San José (Baja California Sur), Mexico * San José Island (Texas) * Isla San José (Panama)

Institutions and organizations

* Club San José, a Bolivian football team * Mission San José (California), a historical Spanish mission Fremont, California, USA * Mission San José (Texas), a historical Spanish mission in Texas, USA * San Jose Earthquakes, an MLS soccer/football team * San Jose Sharks, an NHL ice hockey team * San Jose SaberCats, an AFL arena football team

Colleges and universities

* San Jose Seminary, part of Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines * San Jose State University, California, United States * University of San Jose–Recoletos, Cebu City, Philippines

Other uses

* 6216 San Jose, an asteroid * Palacio San José, a historical building and museum in Entre Ríos, Argentina * San José Mine, a mine in Copiapó, Chile * San Jose River, a river in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada * San José Volcano, a volcano on the Chilean–Argentine border * San José (galleon), ''San José'' (galleon), a ship sunk during Wager's Action in 1708 * HMS San Josef (1797), HMS ''San Josef'' (1797) or ''San José'', a Spanish ship captured by the Royal Navy in 1797 * Julie Anne San Jose, Filipina singer * 2021 San Jose shooting, a mass shooting that killed ten people including the gunman