Sunnyvale at a Glance - Known as the "Heart of Silicon Valley," the city of Sunnyvale is located in Santa Clara County, California Suunyvale is about 10 miles west of San Jose and 50 miles south of San Francisco. Founded in 1912, Sunnyvale became a charter city in 1949. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 131,760.
The city is bordered by the San Francisco Bay to the north, Mountain View to the west, Santa Clara to the east, and Cupertino to the south. It lies along the historic El Camino Real and Highway 101.
Sunnyvale is headquarters to several high-tech companies such as Palm, Inc., AMD, Network Appliance, Sandisk, and Yahoo!. Honeywell and Lockheed Martin also have offices in Sunnyvale. Plenty of work in the high-tech field is found in Sunnyvale, which has been recognized as one of America's best managed cities.
Sunnyvale is one of the few U.S. cities to have a single unified Department of Public Safety where all personnel are trained as firefighters and police officers and can respond to emergencies in either capacity.
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