Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
City
Clockwise from top: Central Los Angeles skyline, Griffith Observatory, City Hall, Venice Beach, Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport, Dodger Stadium, and the Hollywood Sign
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  L.A., City of Angels,[1] The Entertainment Capital of the World,[1] La-la-land, Tinseltown[1]
Map of Los Angeles County, California, with Los Angeles highlighted
Los Angeles Location within California Show map of California Los Angeles Location within the United States Show map of the United States Los Angeles Location within North America Show map of North America
Coordinates: 34°03′N 118°15′W / 34.050°N 118.250°W / 34.050; -118.250
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	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 [7]	305 ft (93 m)
Highest elevation [8]	5,074 ft (1,547 m)
Lowest elevation [8]	0 ft (0 m)
Population  (2020)[9]	3,898,747
• Rank	2nd in the United States 1st in California
• Density	8,304.22/sq mi (3,206.29/km2)
• Metro [10]	13,200,998 (2nd)
Demonym(s)	Los Angeleno, Angeleno
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	List 90001–90084, 90086–90089, 90091, 90093–90097, 90099, 90101–90103, 90174, 90185, 90189, 90291–90293, 91040–91043, 91303–91308, 91311, 91316, 91324–91328, 91330, 91331, 91335, 91340, 91342–91349, 91352–91353, 91356–91357, 91364–91367, 91401–91499, 91504–91505, 91601–91609[11]
Area codes	213/323, 310/424, 747/818
FIPS code	06-44000
GNIS feature IDs	1662328, 2410877
Major Airport	Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Rapid Transit	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Website	lacity.gov

Los Angeles (L.A.), officially the City of Los Angeles, is the largest city in California, in the United States. There are 3,847,400 people living in the city, and over 18 million people in the L.A. region. The city has an area of 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi). Los Angeles is the city with the second biggest population in the United States after New York, overtaking Chicago in the 1970s.

It is a car-centric city requiring much parking, and one of the most spread out cities in the world. Greater Los Angeles is home to many movie stars and many of the biggest rock bands in the history of the United States. Los Angeles is surrounded by East Los Angeles, Huntington Park, Maywood, Walnut Park, Commerce, Bell, Glendale, South Pasadena, Monterey Park, South Gate, Carson, Cudahy, West Hollywood, Alhambra, Bell Gardena and Westmont.^[12]

Los Angeles has Spanish and Mexican influences due to being a former colony of Mexico and Spain. Los Angeles is a diverse city with many ethnic groups such as Mexican, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Italian, Salvadoran, Greek and Armenian. Mexican and Spanish architecture can be seen in Los Angeles.

Many celebrities live in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is known to be the entertainment capital of the world. Many movies, television shows and fashion shows are made in Hollywood and are often set in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles has the second largest Hispanic and Latino population in the United States, only behind New York City. Many are of Mexican and Central American descent. ^[13]

Los Angeles is one of the most expensive cities to live in.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Gollust, Shelley (April 18, 2013). "Nicknames for Los Angeles". Voice of America. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
2. ↑ Barrows, H.D. (1899). "Felepe de Neve". Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly. Vol. 4. p. 151ff. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
3. ↑ "This 1835 Decree Made the Pueblo of Los Angeles a Ciudad – And California's Capital". KCET. April 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
4. ↑ "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.
5. ↑ "About the City Government". City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
6. ↑ "2021 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
7. ↑ "Los Angeles City Hall". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "Elevations and Distances". US Geological Survey. April 29, 2005. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
9. ↑ "QuickFacts: Los Angeles city, California". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
10. ↑ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
11. ↑ Zip Codes Within the City of Los Angeles – LAHD
12. ↑ "Cities Near Me - Los Angeles, California | Travelmath".
13. ↑ 11 Cities With the Most Hispanics