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Foster City
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city in San Mateo County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- San Mateo
- Incorporated
- April 27, 1971
- Named after
- T. Jack Foster, Foster Enterprises
- Mayor
- Stacy Jimenez
- City manager
- Stefan Chatwin
- Total
- 19.83 sq mi (51.37 km )
- Land
- 3.79 sq mi (9.81 km )
- Water
- 16.05 sq mi (41.56 km ) 80.90%
- Elevation
- 6.6 ft (2 m)
- Density
- 8,927/sq mi (3,446.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 ( PDT )
- Fips code
- 06-25338
- Gnis feature ids
- 1659723 , 2410534
- Website
- www .fostercity .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
An aerial photograph of Foster City in 2013
Foster City is a master-planned city located in San Mateo County, California, United States. Foster City is sometimes considered to be part of Silicon Valley for its local industry and its proximity to Silicon Valley cities. There are many notable companies headquartered in Foster City, such as Gilead Sciences, Zoox, and Replit. Visa and Sledgehammer Games were formerly headquartered in Foster City.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Foster City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.