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Los Angeles (L.A.), officially the City of Los Angeles, is a city in Southern 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 kilometers (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 also the biggest city in California. Due to being built on a fault line, which runs through the downtown, it has few skyscrapers and tall structures and is one of the most spread-out cities in the world. Greater Los Angeles is home to 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, Cudahy, West Hollywood, Alhambra, Bell Gardena, and Westmont.

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

The area comprising present-day Los Angeles County was first settled by small groups of Native Americans for centuries before the first European contact in 1769 when Gaspar de Portola and a group of missionaries camped on what is now the banks of the Los Angeles River. The name Los Angeles comes from the Spanish language,and it means "The Angels". The name is an abbreviation from the original name of the place. The original name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula" (in English, "town of our lady the Queen of Angels of the River Porciúncula"), giving it both one of the longest and shortest (referring to its shortening of "LA") place names in the world.[18] Los Angeles was founded in 1781 while the area was within the borders of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The area had earlier been explored by two Franciscan priests named Junipero Serra and Juan Crespi and following the Mexican War of Independence the region passed into the hands of Mexico which subsequently ceded control of California to the U.S. in 1848. On April 4, 1850 California became a State of the USA. Los Angeles began half a century of rapid growth after railroads arrived in the city in the 1870s. Los Angeles was home to the Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984. It will host the Olympic Games in 2028. Three times the city broke out in riots, in 1943, in 1965, and in 1992, all due to racism.[19][20] In 1994, an earthquake killed 72 people and damaged many buildings.

Los Angeles is a very large city, and the edges of the city are very far from the center, going from the beaches to the mountains. The Santa Monica Mountains run through the city, separating it into the San Fernando Valley to the north and the Los Angeles Basin to the south. The Los Angeles River also runs through the city some 51 miles (82 km). Los Angeles moves about one-quarter of an inch (6.3 millimeters) to the east every year.[21] It is caused by the city's tectonic plates and rough ground geography and since Los Angeles is at a close distance from the San Andreas Fault. This brings Los Angeles and San Francisco 2.5 inches closer together each year.

Los Angeles has dozens of neighborhoods and named areas, including:

Hollywood, home to many well-known movie studios.
Downtown Los Angeles, the financial center of the city. Home to Los Angeles' and California's two tallest buildings, the Wilshire Grand Center and the U.S. Bank Tower
Elysian Park, home of Dodger Stadium and previously Chavez Ravine.
Venice Beach.
Santa Monica, beachfront district.
Inglewood, home of SoFi Stadium and The Forum.
Brentwood, a very wealthy area in West Los Angeles.
South L.A. the center of LA's African-American jazz scene
Leimert Park, home to LA’s historic African-American museums.
Crenshaw, a well-known district in South Los Angeles.
University Park, home to the University of Southern California.
Westwood, home to the University of California.
Boyle Heights, where many Mexican Americans reside.

The Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport
Exposition Park, home to the University of Southern California, the Coliseum, Banc of California Stadium and the California Science Center are located
San Fernando Valley, a large suburban area.
San Pedro, where the Port of Los Angeles is located in the city.

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