Los Angeles - Wikipedia. Los Angeles, California.

Metropolitan City. City of Los Angeles. Nickname(s): "L. A.", "City of Angels",[1] "Angeltown",[2] "The Entertainment Capital of the World", "The Big Orange",[1] "La- la- land", "Tinseltown"[1]Location in Los Angeles County in the state of California. Location in the United States. Coordinates: 3. 4°0.

N1. 18°1. 5′W / 3. N 1. 18. 2. 50°W / 3. Coordinates: 3. 4°0.

N1. 18°1. 5′W / 3. N 1. 18. 2. 50°W / 3. Country United States. State California.

County. Los Angeles. CSALos Angeles- Long Beach. MSALos Angeles- Long Beach- Anaheim. Pueblo. September 4, 1. Incorporated. April 4, 1.

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Named for. Our Lady, Queen of the Angels. Government • Type. Mayor- Council- Commission[5] • Body. Los Angeles City Council • Mayor. Eric Garcetti[6] • City Attorney. Mike Feuer[6] • City Controller.

Ron Galperin[6]Area[7] • Metropolitan City. Land. 46. 8. 7. 4 sq mi (1,2. Water. 34. 0. 2 sq mi (8. Elevation[8]3. 05 ft (9.

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Highest elevation[9]5,0. Lowest elevation[9]0 ft (0 m)Population (2.

Metropolitan City. Estimate (2. 01. 6)[1.

Rank. 1st, California. U. S. • Density. 8,4. Urban[1. 2]1. 2,1. Metro[1. 3]1. 3,1. CSA[1. 4]1. 8,6. 79,7.

US: 2nd)Demonym(s)Angeleno. Time zone. Pacific (UTC−8) • Summer (DST)PDT (UTC−7)ZIP codes. Area codes. 21. 3/3. FIPS code. 06- 4.

GNIS feature IDs. Website. Official website. Los Angeles ( ( listen); [1. Spanish for "The Angels"; Spanish pronunciation: [los ˈaŋxeles]), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A., is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a U. S. Census- estimated 2.

United States (after New York City) and the most populous city in the state of California. Located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 1. Los Angeles covers an area of about 4. The city is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country.

Los Angeles is the center of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with 1. Los Angeles- Long Beachcombined statistical area (CSA), the second most populous in the nation with a 2.

Historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1. Alta California. The city was officially founded on September 4, 1. Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1.

Mexican War of Independence. In 1. 84. 8, 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, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1. California achieved statehood. The discovery of oil in the 1. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1.

Eastern California, later assured the city's continued rapid growth. Nicknamed the "City of Angels" in part because of how its name translates from the Spanish, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. The city is also one of the most substantial economic engines within the nation, with a diverse economy in a broad range of professional and cultural fields. Los Angeles is also famous as the home of Hollywood, a major center of the world entertainment industry.

A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index and 9th in the Global Economic Power Index. The Los Angeles combined statistical area (CSA) also has a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $8. Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. Los Angeles hosted the 1. Summer Olympics and will host the Olympic Games for a third time in 2. History. Pre- colonial period, up to 1.

The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva (Gabrieleños) and Chumash Native American tribes thousands of years ago. A Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ (written Yang- na by the Spanish), meaning "poison oak place."[2.

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese- born explorer, claimed the area of southern California for the Spanish Empire in 1. Pacific coast from earlier colonizing bases of New Spain in Central and South America.[2.

Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2, 1. Spanish period, 1. In 1. 77. 1, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area.[2.

On September 4, 1. Los Pobladores" founded the pueblo they called "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula; " in English, this translates as "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porciúncula." The Queen of the Angels (feast day Aug. Virgin Mary; [2. 6] indeed, the present- day city still retains an active Roman Catholic. Archdiocese, and as noted below, this archdiocese of Roman Catholicism remains the largest such archdiocese in the United States. Two- thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry.[2.

The settlement remained a small ranch town for decades, but by 1. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the historic district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street, the oldest part of Los Angeles.[2. Mexican period, 1. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1. Mexico. During Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta California's regional capital.[3. American period, 1.

Old Los Angeles. Los Ángeles Plaza in 1. Upper Town. Legend. The Old Aliso, giant sycamore, historical symbol of Los Angeles. The Covered Bridge (Macy Street)Fort Moore. The Calaboose (original adobe jail)Poundcake Hill. Council Chamber. Government House, seat of the Asamblea when Los Angeles was the capital. Clocktower Courthouse, courtroom/theatre was on the upper floor, market was on the ground floor, and clocktower was on top, with copper dome.

St. Athanasius's Episcopal Church, first Protestant church in Los Angeles, on Temple Road ("Salvation Alley"). Calle de los Negros. Mellus Block, Gen. Kearney's headquarters. Gov. Downey's house. Old stage road, to Cahuenga Valley & the back way to San Fernando. Placita Church. Wine Street, (Calle de las vides)Main Plaza.

Water wheel on the Zanja Madre. Approximate run of the original Los Angeles River bed, to current USC, through the former swamps of Leimert Park, and out to sea at Ballona Creek and Venice Beach. LP: Lower Plaza. ECR: El Camino Real. Mexican rule ended during the Mexican–American War: Americans took control from the Californios after a series of battles, culminating with the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga on January 1. Railroads arrived with the completion of the Southern Pacific line to Los Angeles in 1. Oil was discovered in the city and surrounding area in 1. California become the country's largest oil producer, accounting for about one- quarter of the world's petroleum output.[3.

By 1. 90. 0, the population had grown to more than 1. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1. William Mulholland, assured the continued growth of the city.[3. Due to clauses in the city's charter that effectively prevented the City of Los Angeles from selling or providing water from the aqueduct to any area outside its borders, many adjacent city and communities became compelled to annex themselves into Los Angeles.[3.

In 1. 91. 0, Hollywood merged into Los Angeles, with 1. By 1. 92. 1, more than 8. L. A.[4. 0] The money generated by the industry kept the city insulated from much of the economic loss suffered by the rest of the country during the Great Depression.[4.

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