Claim: San Jose, California is the tenth most populous city in Peru.
Evidence: San Jose -LRB- -LSB- ˌsæn_hoʊˈzeɪ -RSB- , Spanish for `` Saint Joseph '' ; -LSB- saŋ xoˈse -RSB- -RRB- , officially the City of San José , is the economic , cultural , and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern California.
Northern California , often abbreviated NorCal , is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.