San Mateo ( ; Spanish for "
Saint Matthew") is a city in
San Mateo County, California, in the high-tech enclave of
Silicon Valley in the
San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 97,207 as of the
2010 census, it is one of the larger suburbs on the
San Francisco Peninsula, located between
Burlingame to the north,
Foster City and
San Francisco Bay to the east,
Belmont to the south, and
Highlands-Baywood Park and
Hillsborough to the west. The 2014 population was estimated to be 102,893. San Mateo was incorporated in 1894. By car, San Mateo is about thirty minutes from downtown San Jose and twenty-five minutes from downtown San Francisco.