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Los Angeles | |
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City | |
Skyline of Downtown Los Angeles Hollywood Sign Echo Park Calle Olvera Los Angeles City Hall Griffith Observatory Venice Beach | |
 Flag  Seal  Wordmark | |
| Nicknames: L.A., City of Angels,[1] The Entertainment Capital of the World,[1] La-la-land, Tinseltown[1] | |
 Location within Los Angeles County | |
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| Coordinates: 34°03′N 118°15′W / 34.050°N 118.250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| Region | Southern California |
| CSA | Los Angeles-Long Beach |
| MSA | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim |
| Pueblo | September 4, 1781[2] |
| City status | May 23, 1835[3] |
| Incorporated | April 4, 1850[4] |
| Named for | Our Lady, Queen of the Angels |
| Government | |
| • Type | Strong mayor–council[5] |
| • Body | Los Angeles City Council |
| • Mayor | Karen Bass (D) |
| • City Attorney | Hydee Feldstein Soto (D) |
| • City Controller | Kenneth Mejia (D) |
| Area [6] | |
| • Total | 501.55 sq mi (1,299.01 km2) |
| • Land | 469.49 sq mi (1,215.97 km2) |
| • Water | 32.06 sq mi (83.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 305 ft (93 m) |
| Highest elevation (Mount Lukens) | 5,075 ft (1,576 m) |
| Lowest elevation (Pacific Ocean) | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2020)[7] | |
| • Total | 3,898,747 |
| • Estimate (2022)[7] | 3,819,538 |
| • Rank | 3rd in North America 2nd in the United States 1st in California |
| • Density | 8,304.22/sq mi (3,206.29/km2) |
| • Urban [8] | 12,237,376 (US: 2nd) |
| • Urban density | 7,476.3/sq mi (2,886.6/km2) |
| • Metro [9] | 13,200,998 (US: 2nd) |
| Demonyms | Angeleno, Angelino, Angeleño[10][11] |
| GDP [12][13][14] | |
| • MSA | $1.227 trillion (2022) |
| • CSA | $1.528 trillion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC–08:00 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–07:00 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes | List
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| Area codes | 213, 323, 310, 424, 818, 747, 626 |
| FIPS code | 06-44000 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1662328, 2410877 |
| Website | lacity |
Los Angeles,[a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020[update],[7] Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California. Los Angeles has a Mediterranean climate, an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 13.2 million people. Greater Los Angeles, which includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18 million residents.
The majority of the city proper lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending partly through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to its east. It covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km2),[6] and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimated 9.86 million residents as of 2022[update].[16] It is the fourth-most visited city in the U.S. with over 2.7 million visitors as of 2022.[17]
The area that became Los Angeles was originally inhabited by the indigenous Tongva people and later claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542. The city was founded on September 4, 1781, under Spanish governor Felipe de Neve, on the village of Yaanga.[18] It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and became part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood. The discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city.[19] The city was further expanded with the completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, which delivers water from Eastern California.
Los Angeles has a diverse economy with a broad range of industries. Los Angeles is best known as the home of the Hollywood film industry, the world's largest by revenue; the city was an important site in the history of film. It also has one of the busiest container ports in the Americas.[20][21][22] In 2018, the Los Angeles metropolitan area had a gross metropolitan product of over $1.0 trillion,[23] making it the city with the third-largest GDP in the world, after New York and Tokyo. Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and will also host in 2028. Despite a business exodus from Downtown Los Angeles since the COVID-19 pandemic, the city's urban core is evolving as a cultural center with the world's largest showcase of architecture designed by Frank Gehry.[24] More recently, statewide droughts in California have strained both the city's and Los Angeles County's water security.[25][26]
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- ^ Barrows, H.D. (1899). "Felepe de Neve". Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly. Vol. 4. p. 151ff. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ "This 1835 Decree Made the Pueblo of Los Angeles a Ciudad – And California's Capital". KCET. April 2016. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ^ "California Cities by Incorporation Date". California Association of Local Agency Formation Commissions. Archived from the original (DOC) on February 21, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
- ^ "About the City Government". City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^ a b "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c "QuickFacts: Los Angeles city, California". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
- ^ "List of 2020 Census Urban Areas". census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 14, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ^ "Angelino, Angeleno, and Angeleño". KCET. January 10, 2011. Archived from the original on February 19, 2023. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ "Definition of ANGELENO". Merriam-Webster. May 16, 2023. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
- ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.
- ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.
- ^ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.
- ^ Zip Codes Within the City of Los Angeles Archived July 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine – LAHD
- ^ "Slowing State Population Decline puts Latest Population at 39,185,000" (PDF). dof.ca.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ "America's 10 most visited cities" Archived June 14, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, World Atlas, September 23, 2021
- ^ Estrada, William David (2009). The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space. University of Texas Press. pp. 15–50. ISBN 978-0-292-78209-9.
- ^ "Subterranean L.A.: The Urban Oil Fields". The Getty Iris. July 16, 2013. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ LaRocco, Lori Ann (September 24, 2022). "talentNew York is now the nation's busiest port in a historic tipping point for U.S.-bound trade". CNBC. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- ^ "Port of NYNJ Beats West Coast Rivals with Highest 2023 Volumes". The Maritime Executive. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- ^ "Port of New York and New Jersey Remains US' Top Container Port". www.marinelink.com. December 28, 2022. Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
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- ^ Hayley Smith (October 13, 2022). "Los Angeles is running out of water, and time. Are leaders willing to act?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
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