Sunnyvale

city in Santa Clara County, California, United States
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Sunnyvale is a city in the United States . Its head of government is Larry Klein [1]. As of 2020, Sunnyvale had a population of 156,000 [2].

The city covers an area of 58.8 square kilometers [3]. Sunnyvale operates in the Pacific Time Zone, observing UTC−08:00 and UTC−07:00 .

Key Facts

  • Member of: Silicon Valley Clean Energy[3], Association of Bay Area Governments[4], GovAI Coalition[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Santa Clara County[6]
  • Country: United States[7]
  • Head of government: Larry Klein[8]
  • Instance of: charter city[9]
  • Shares border with: Mountain View[10], Cupertino[11], Los Altos[12], Santa Clara[13], San Jose[14]
  • Postal code: 94085[15], 94086[16], 94087[17], 94088[18], 94089[19], 94090[20]
  • Commons category: Sunnyvale, California[21]
  • Local dialing code: 408[22]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Silicon Valley[23]
  • Official website: https://sunnyvale.ca.gov/[24]
  • IPA transcription: ˈsʌniveɪl[25], ˈsʌnivəl[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sunnyvale, California[27]
  • Population: 140,081[28], 3094[29], 155,805[30]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Sunnyvale, California[31]
  • Category for people born here: Q32353326[32]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Sunnyvale, California[33]
  • Number of households: 55,807[34]
  • Native label: Sunnyvale[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Sunnyvale, California[36]
  • Different from: Sunnydale[37], Sunnyvale[38]
  • Elevation above sea level: 38 m[39]
  • Area: 58.754267 km²[40], 58.764937 km²[41]
  • Water as percent of area: 3.0931 percent[42]

Why It Matters

Sunnyvale has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Sunnyvale is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . sunnyvale.ca.gov. Retrieved . sunnyvale.ca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . cacities.org. Retrieved . cacities.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [5] ↑ . sanjoseca.gov. Retrieved . sanjoseca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 1930 United States Census. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · BrokenSegue · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 70
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'ckb', 'commons'
    Located in time zone → —
    Logo image → Logo of Sunnyvale, California.png
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Logo image: Logo of Sunnyvale, California.png"
  2. 13w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → sunnyvale, Sunnyvale
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: Sunnyvale, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144668456|Sunnyvale (#144668456)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory]"
  3. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature → Silicon Valley
    Different from → Sunnydale, Sunnyvale
    Member of → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+38'}
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
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