Santa Clara, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, is home to the headquarters of major technology companies such as Intel, which hosts a free technology museum. Santa Clara University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of California, as well as the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asis, after which the city is named.
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