Los Angeles

Extracted Attributes

• Area

  469 square miles (1,210 km2)

• State

  California

• County

  Los Angeles County

• Status

  County Seat of Los Angeles County

• Country

  United States

• Location

  Southern California, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, bordered by the Santa Monica Mountains and the San Fernando Valley

• Elevation

  305 ft

• Population

  3.88 million residents (estimated as of 2024)

• Coordinates

  34.05335° N, 118.24235° W

• Key Industries

  Film and television, port operations, diverse economy

• Metropolitan Area GDP

  Over $1.0 trillion (2018)

• Indigenous Inhabitants

  Tongva people

• Metropolitan Area Population

  12.9 million people (2024)

Timeline

• Area claimed for Spain by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1542

• City officially founded under Spanish governor Felipe de Neve on the village of Yaanga. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Wikidata, DBPedia)

  1781-09-04

• Became part of the First Mexican Empire following the Mexican War of Independence. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1821

• Became part of the United States following the Mexican-American War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1848

• Incorporated as a municipality. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1850-04-04

• Experienced rapid growth due to the discovery of oil. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1890s

• Further expanded with the completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, delivering water from Eastern California. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1913

• Hosted the Summer Olympics. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1932

• Hosted the Summer Olympics. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  1984

• Metropolitan area had a Gross Metropolitan Product exceeding $1.0 trillion. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2018

• Water security impacted by statewide droughts. (Source: Summary, DBPedia)

  Recent

• Experienced a catastrophic LA Fire. (Source: Related Document)

  Recent

• Scheduled to host the Summer Olympics. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia)

  2028

Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.88 million residents within the city limits as of 2024, it is the second-most populous in the United States, behind New York City. Los Angeles has an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 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), and is the county seat and most populated city of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimated 9.86 million residents as of 2022. It is the third-most visited city in the U.S. with over 2.7 million visitors as of 2023. 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. It became a part of the First Mexican Empire 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. 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. Despite a steep exodus of film and television production since the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles is still one of the largest hubs of American film production, the world's largest by revenue; the city is an important site in the history of film. It also has one of the busiest container ports in the Americas, and despite a business exodus from downtown Los Angeles, the city's urban core is evolving as a cultural center with the world's largest showcase of architecture designed by Frank Gehry. In 2018, the Los Angeles metropolitan area had a gross metropolitan product of over $1.0 trillion, 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.

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• Award

  Silver Anvil Award

• Image

  

• Country

  United States

• Located In

  Los Angeles County

• Instance Of

  Q515

• Population

  3,898,747

• Coordinates

  Lat: 34.05223, Lon: -118.24368

• Inception Date

  9/4/1781

Los Angeles (US: /lɔːs ˈændʒələs/ lawss AN-jəl-əs; Spanish: Los Ángeles [los ˈaŋxeles], lit. 'The Angels'), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million as of 2020, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, Hollywood film industry, and sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and into the San Fernando Valley. It covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km2), and is the seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimated 9.86 million as of 2022. Home to the Chumash and Tongva indigenous peoples, the area that became Los Angeles was 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. 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 thus 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. 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, and hosts businesses in a broad range of professional and cultural fields. It also has the busiest container port in the Americas. In 2018, the Los Angeles metropolitan area had a gross metropolitan product of over $1.0 trillion, making it the city with the third-largest GDP in the world, after New York City and Tokyo. Los Angeles hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics and will host the 2028 Summer Olympics. More recently, statewide droughts in California have strained both the city’s and Los Angeles County’s water security.