San Jose

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San José – or its anglicized form San Jose – is the Spanish for Saint Joseph. According to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's GEOnet Names Server, it is the most common place name in the world.

Names of administrative divisions

Two major world cities share the name San José:

San Jose, California, United States – the largest city with this name.
San José, Costa Rica – the capital city of Costa Rica.

As do many other cities, towns and administrative subdivisions:

San José is also a part of the name of several other towns and cities:

Valley Municipality of San José, Guanentá, Colombia
San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico
San José Xicoténcatl, Tlaxcala, Mexico
San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan, Philippines
South San Jose Hills, California, USA

And is a part of the name of a neighborhood in Fremont, California, USA:

Mission San Jose, California

And was the name of a former city in Arizona, USA:

San Jose, Arizona

And is the name of a department in Uruguay:

San José Department

Geographical features

San José is the name of an island in Panama:

Isla de San José

And is the name of a volcano on the Chilean–Argentine border:

San José Volcano

Other

San José is the name of a California mission:

Mission San Jose

And is the name of a former caudillo residence, now a museum, in Entre Ríos, Argentina:

Palacio San José

And is in the name of several colleges and universities:

Colegio San José, Puerto Rico
San José State University, California, USA
University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philippines

And is in the name of several species of animals:

San Jose Island Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys insularis
San Jose Brush Rabbit, Sylvilagus mansuetus

And is in the name of a daily newspaper:

San Jose Mercury News

And is the name of an asteroid,

6216 San Jose.

And is also part of the title of a Burt Bacharach song

"Do You Know the Way to San Jose?"

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