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Mountain View, California

Mountain View, California
Administration
Full nameCity of Mountain View
Official nameCity of Mountain View
Settlement typeCity
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySanta Clara
IncorporatedNovember 7, 1902
Government
MayorJac Siegel
Geography
Total Area12.273 sq mi (31.8 km2)
Land Area11.995 sq mi (31.1 km2)
Water Area0.278 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation105 ft (32 m)
Demography
Total Population74066 (2010)
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zonePST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code94035, 94039-94043
Area code650
FIPS code06-49670
GNIS feature ID0277611

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Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. It is named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The city shares its borders with the cities of Palo Alto, Los Altos, and Sunnyvale, as well as Moffett Federal Airfield and the San Francisco Bay. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 74,066.

Situated in Silicon Valley, Mountain View is home to many high technology companies. In 1956, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, the first company to develop silicon semiconductor devices in what came to be known as Silicon Valley, was established in the city by William Shockley. Today, many of the largest technology companies in the world are headquartered in the city, including the Fortune 1000 companies Google, Symantec, and Intuit.


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