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Palo Alto ( IPA : /ËŒploʊˈltoÊŠ/, from Spanish : palo : "stick" and alto : "high") is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA. It is named after a tree called El Palo Alto. The city includes portions of Stanford University and is headquarters to a number of Silicon Valley high-technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard and Facebook. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 58,598 residents. find out more at wikipedia©

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