Los Angeles: Ceety in Californie, Unitit States o Americae

It is the focal pynt o the lairger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined area, which contains nearly 17.8 million fowk. Los Angeles is the seat o Los Angeles Coonty, the maist populatit an ane o the coonties wi the maist cultures in the Unitit States. The ceety's indwallers are kent "Angelenos" (/ændʒɨˈliːnoʊz/).

Los Angeles
Ceety
City of Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles, Venice, Griffith Observatory, Hollywood Sign
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  L.A., the Ceety o Angels, Angeltown, La-La Land
Location athin Los Angeles Coonty in the state o Californie
Los Angeles Location in the Unitit States
Coordinates: 34°03′N 118°15′W / 34.050°N 118.250°W / 34.050; -118.250 118°15′W / 34.050°N 118.250°W / 34.050; -118.250
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Californie
Coonty	Los Angeles
Settled	4 September 1781
Incorporatit	4 Aprile 1850
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor-Cooncil
• Bodi	Los Angeles City Council
• Mayor	Eric Garcetti
• Ceety Attorney	Mike Feuer
• Ceety Controller	Ron Galperin
Area
• Ceety	1301.970 km2 (502.693 sq mi)
• Laund	1213.850 km2 (468.670 sq mi)
• Water	88.119 km2 (34.023 sq mi)  6.77%
Elevation	71 m (233 (ceety haw) ft)
Population  (2010)
• Ceety	3,792,621
• Rank	(2nt US, 48t Warld)
• Density	3,124.45/km2 (8092.30/sq mi)
• Metro	12,828,837
• CSA	17786419
Demonym(s)	Angeleno
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP code	90001–90068, 90070–90084, 90086–90089, 90091, 90093–90097, 90099, 90101–90103, 90174, 90185, 90189, 90291-90293, 91040–91043, 91303–91308, 91342–91349, 91352–91353, 91356–91357, 91364–91367, 91401–91499, 91601–91609
Area code(s)	213, 310/424, 323, 661, 747/818
Website	lacity.org

Los Angeles wis foondit on September 4, 1781 bi Spainyie govrenor Felipe de Neve. It acame a pairt o Mexico in 1821 follaein the Mexican War o Unthirldom. In 1848, at the end o the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles an the rest o Californie wure purchased as pairt o the Treaty o Guadalupe Hidalgo, therebi becomin pairt o the Unitit States. Los Angeles wis incorporatit as a municipality on Aprile 4, 1850, five month afore Californie achieved statehuid.

Aften kent bi its initials, LA, an nicknamed the Ceety o Angels, Los Angeles is a warld center o business, internaitional tred, entertainment, cultur, media, fashion, science, technology, an eddication. It is hame tae renouned institutions coverin a broad range o professional an cultural fields, an is ane o the maist substantial economic ingines athin the Unitit States. Los Angeles haes been ranked the fift maist pouerful an influential ceety in the warld, ahint anerlie New York City in the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area (CSA) haes a gross metropolitan product (GMP) o $831 billion (as o 2008), makin it the third lairgest economic centre in the warld, efter the Greater Tokyo Area an the New York metropolitan area. As the hame base o Hollywood, it is kent as the "Entertainment Caipital o the Warld", leadin the warld in the creation o motion pictures, telly production, video gemmes, an recordit muisic. The importance o the entertainment business tae the ceety haes led mony celebrities tae cry Los Angeles an its surroondin suburbs hame. Los Angeles hostit the 1932 an 1984 Simmer Olympics. Los Angeles is an aa hame tae renoont varsities sic as the University of Southern California an the University of California, Los Angeles.

Los Angeles haes a Mediterranean climate, wi an average o 35 days wi measurable precipitation a year.

 

Los Angeles haes 25 sister ceeties, leetit chronologically bi year jynt:

•   Los Angeles an aa haes a cultural exchynge pairtnership wi Tel Aviv, Israel.
•   Lunnon an Manchester, Unitit Kinrick, an   Łódź, Poland are "friendship ceeties".