San José

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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.

Contents 1 Inhabited locations 2 Islands 3 Institutions and organizations 4 Colleges and universities 5 Animal species 6 Other 7 See also

[edit] Inhabited locations

Two major cities in the world 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 smaller cities, towns and administrative subdivisions:

 Argentina:

• San José, Entre Ríos
• San José de Feliciano, Entre Ríos
• San José de Jáchal, San Juan
• San José de Metán, Salta

 Belize:

• San José, Orange Walk District

 Chile:

• San José de la Mariquina

 Colombia:

• San José de Cúcuta, the unused official name of the city and municipality of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander
• San José del Guaviare a town and municipality in the Guaviare Department
• Valle San José a town and municipality in the Santander Department
• San Jose de Ocune a town and municipality in the Vichada Department
• San José, Caldas a town and municipality in the Caldas Department

 Costa Rica:

• San José, Costa Rica, the national capital
• San José Province, a province
• 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 de Atenas, a district in the canton of Atenas in the province of Alajuela
• San José de El Amparo, a village in the district of El Amparo in the canton of Los Chiles in the province of Alajuela
• San José de Grecia, a village and district in the canton of Grecia in the province of Alajuela
• San José de Naranjo, a district in the canton of Naranjo in the province of Alajuela
• San José de San Isidro, a district in the canton of San Isidro in the province of Heredia
• San José de Upala, also known as Pizote, a district in the canton of Upala in the province of Alajuela
• San José de la Montaña de Barva, a village and district in the canton of Barva in the province of Heredia
• San José Sur de Atenas, a village in the district of San José in the canton of Atenas in the province of Alajuela

 Guatemala:

• 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
• San José, El Petén
• San José, Escuintla
• Puerto San José

 Northern Mariana Islands:

• San Jose, Saipan village, Saipan
• San Jose, Tinian village, Tinian

 Mexico:

• San José, Durango
• San José, Querétaro
• San José, San Luis Potosí
• San José, Sonora
• San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur
• San José Iturbide, Guanajuato
• San José Xicoténcatl, Tlaxcala
• San José Villa de Allende, State of México

 Panama:

• San José de David

 Paraguay:

• San José de los Arroyos
• San José Obrero

 Peru:

• San José District (disambiguation), districts in Peru.

 Philippines:

• San Jose, Antique
• San Jose, Batangas
• San Jose, Bulacan
• San Jose, Camarines Sur
• San Jose, Negros Oriental
• San Jose, Northern Samar
• San Jose City, Nueva Ecija
• San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
• San Jose, Romblon
• San Jose, Samar
• San Jose, Surigao del Norte
• San Jose, Tarlac
• San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan

 United States:

• San Jose, Arizona, a community in Graham County
• San Jose, Arizona, a satellite town, part of the city of Bisbee
• San José, California
• San Jose, Illinois
• South San Jose Hills, California

 Uruguay:

• San José de Mayo
• San José Department

[edit] Islands

• San José Island (Texas)
• San José Island, Lower California
• Isla de San José, an island in Panama
• Weddell Island, ("Isla San José" in Spanish), Falklands

[edit] Institutions and organizations

• Club San José, a Bolivian football team
• Mission San Jose, a mission in California, USA
• San Jose Sharks - NHL ice hockey team

[edit] Colleges and universities

• Colegio Diocesano de Sao José, Macau
• Colegio San José, Puerto Rico
• San José State University, California, USA
• University of San Jose-Recoletos, Philippines

[edit] Animal species

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

[edit] Other

• 6216 San Jose, an asteroid
• "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?", a Burt Bacharach song
• Palacio San José, a historical building and museum in Entre Ríos, Argentina
• San Jose Mercury News, a daily newspaper
• San José Volcano, on the Chilean–Argentine border
• San José, the wreck of a Spanish treasure ship full of gold

[edit] See also

• São José