San Mateo

city in San Mateo County, California, United States
Place city_of_california Q169943
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San Mateo

Summary

San Mateo is a city of California[1]. It draws 798 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_california category, ranking #16 of 87).[2]

Key Facts

  • San Mateo was a member of Association of Bay Area Governments[3].
  • San Mateo is located in San Mateo County[4].
  • San Mateo is in the country of United States[5].
  • San Mateo's head of government is recorded as Rick Bonilla[6].
  • San Mateo's image is recorded as MCB-san-mateo-aerial.jpg[7].
  • San Mateo's instance of is recorded as city of California[8].
  • San Mateo's instance of is recorded as charter city[9].
  • San Mateo's shares border with is recorded as Foster City[10].
  • San Mateo's shares border with is recorded as Belmont[11].
  • San Mateo's founder is recorded as Charles Bispham Polhemus[12].
  • Matthew the Apostle is named after San Mateo[13].
  • San Mateo's seal image is recorded as Seal of San Mateo, California.png[14].
  • San Mateo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Varde Municipality[15].
  • San Mateo's twinned administrative body is recorded as Toyonaka[16].
  • San Mateo's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Pablo[17].
  • San Mateo's ISNI is recorded as 0000000406388552[18].
  • San Mateo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129707941[19].
  • San Mateo's GND ID is recorded as 4118343-5[20].
  • San Mateo's locator map image is recorded as San Mateo County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas San Mateo Highlighted.svg[21].
  • San Mateo's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81081033[22].
  • San Mateo's postal code is recorded as 94401[23].
  • San Mateo's postal code is recorded as 94402[24].
  • San Mateo's postal code is recorded as 94403[25].
  • San Mateo's postal code is recorded as 94404[26].
  • San Mateo's postal code is recorded as 94497[27].

Body

Geography

San Mateo is in the country of United States[5]. It is located in San Mateo County[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+41.137369'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+41.137384'}[29]. San Mateo's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+12'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+97207'}[31] and {'amount': '+105661'}[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city of California[8] and charter city[9].

History and Context

Matthew the Apostle is named after San Mateo[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for San Mateo include it–Hayward Bridge[33], a road bridge[34], in United States[35], founded in 1967[36].

Why It Matters

San Mateo draws 798 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_california category, ranking #16 of 87).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for it include it–Hayward Bridge[33], a road bridge[34], in United States[35], founded in 1967[36].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . cityofsanmateo.org. Retrieved . cityofsanmateo.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . cacities.org. Retrieved . cacities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . smdailyjournal.com. smdailyjournal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . it-ch.topographic-map.com. it-ch.topographic-map.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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