Santa Clara County

E16465

administrative territorial entity county

Santa Clara County is a populous and economically significant county in California’s Silicon Valley, home to major technology companies and cities such as San Jose.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Santa Clara County, California	333
Santa Clara County canonical	127
Santa Clara County, California, United States	3
County of Santa Clara	1
Santa Clara County (historical, former)	1
Santa Clara County government	1
West Santa Clara County	1
unincorporated Santa Clara County	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22110 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Santa Clara County
Context triple: [Northern California, contains, Santa Clara County]

A. Alameda County
Alameda County is a populous and diverse county in the San Francisco Bay Area that includes cities such as Oakland and Berkeley.
B. San Francisco County
San Francisco County is a densely populated, culturally diverse urban county on the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, encompassing the city of San Francisco and serving as a major economic and technological hub in California.
C. San Mateo County, California
San Mateo County, California is a coastal county in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its affluent communities, tech industry presence, and proximity to both San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
D. Sacramento County
Sacramento County is a county in Northern California that includes the state capital, Sacramento, and serves as a major political and economic hub of the region.
E. Santa Clara
Santa Clara is a Silicon Valley city in California known for its high-tech industry presence, Levi’s Stadium, and Santa Clara University.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Santa Clara County
Target entity description: Santa Clara County is a populous and economically significant county in California’s Silicon Valley, home to major technology companies and cities such as San Jose.

A. Alameda County
Alameda County is a populous and diverse county in the San Francisco Bay Area that includes cities such as Oakland and Berkeley.
B. San Francisco County
San Francisco County is a densely populated, culturally diverse urban county on the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, encompassing the city of San Francisco and serving as a major economic and technological hub in California.
C. San Mateo County, California
San Mateo County, California is a coastal county in the San Francisco Bay Area known for its affluent communities, tech industry presence, and proximity to both San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
D. Sacramento County
Sacramento County is a county in Northern California that includes the state capital, Sacramento, and serves as a major political and economic hub of the region.
E. Santa Clara
Santa Clara is a Silicon Valley city in California known for its high-tech industry presence, Levi’s Stadium, and Santa Clara University.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
borderedByCounty	Alameda County ⓘ Merced County ⓘ San Benito County, California ⓘ surface form: San Benito County San Mateo County, California ⓘ surface form: San Mateo County Santa Cruz County, California ⓘ surface form: Santa Cruz County Stanislaus County ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
containsCity	Cupertino ⓘ Gilroy ⓘ Milpitas ⓘ Morgan Hill ⓘ Mountain View ⓘ Palo Alto, California ⓘ surface form: Palo Alto San Jose ⓘ Santa Clara ⓘ Sunnyvale ⓘ
containsCompanyHeadquarters	Adobe Inc. ⓘ Alphabet Inc. ⓘ Apple Inc. ⓘ Cisco Systems ⓘ Google ⓘ surface form: Google LLC Intel Corporation ⓘ NVIDIA Corporation ⓘ surface form: Nvidia Corporation PayPal ⓘ surface form: PayPal Holdings ServiceNow ⓘ Zoom Video Communications ⓘ eBay ⓘ surface form: eBay Inc.
containsTown	Campbell ⓘ Los Altos ⓘ Los Altos Hills ⓘ Los Gatos ⓘ Monte Sereno ⓘ Saratoga ⓘ
containsUniversity	San Jose State University ⓘ Santa Clara University ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ
containsValley	Santa Clara Valley ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
countySeat	San Jose ⓘ
daylightSavingTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Pacific Daylight Time
economyType	technology-driven economy ⓘ
FIPSCode	06085 ⓘ
GNISID	277593 ⓘ
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hasAirport	San Jose International Airport ⓘ surface form: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport
hasCourthouse	Santa Clara County Superior Court ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry	computer hardware ⓘ internet services ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ software ⓘ
ISOCode	California, United States ⓘ surface form: US-CA
knownFor	high-technology industry ⓘ innovation ⓘ startups ⓘ
largestCity	San Jose ⓘ
legislativeBody	Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Silicon Valley ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Clare of Assisi ⓘ
partOf	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
populationRankInCalifornia	one of the most populous counties in California ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (468)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

California's 18th congressional district → historicallyIncludedRegion → Santa Clara County ⓘ

California's 18th congressional district → post2020IncludesCountyPortion → Santa Clara County ⓘ

BART Green Line → servesArea → Santa Clara County ⓘ

Santa Clara County transportation system → locatedIn → Santa Clara County ⓘ

Cantor Arts Center → locatedIn → Santa Clara County ⓘ