Its population constitutes about one fourth of the Bay Area's total population. There are 15 cities (see list below) ranging from Palo Alto in the north, to Gilroy in the south. San Jose is the largest city in the County, with a population of nearly one million, and is the administrative site of County Government. A significant portion of the county's land area is unincorporated ranch and farmland. Nearly 92% of the population lives in cities.
Biombo masks are usually carved from wood and coloured with red tukula powder, a dye made from the camwood tree. The eyes are a typical coffee bean shape.
The Anansi tales originated from the Ashanti people of present-day Ghana. The word Ananse is Akan and means spider. They later spread to other Akan groups and then to the West Indies, Suriname, Sierra Leone (where they were introduced by Jamaican Maroons) and the Netherlands Antilles.