Los Angeles

Los Angeles
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 / 34.05°N 118.25°W
Kintra	Unitit States
State	Californie
Coonty	Los Angeles
Settled	4 September 1781
Incorporatit	4 Aprile 1850
	Govrenment
- Mayor	Antonio Villaraigosa
- Ceety Attorney	Carmen Trutanich
- Ceety Controller	Wendy Greuel
	Aurie
- Ceety	502.693 sq mi (1,301.970 km2)
- Laund	468.670 sq mi (1,213.850 km2)
- Watter	34.023 sq mi (88.119 km2) 6.77%
Hicht	233 (ceety haw) ft (71 m)
	Indwallers (2010)
- Ceety	3,792,621
- Rank	(2nt US, 48t Warld)
- Densitie	8,092.30/sq mi (3,124.5/km2)
- Metro	12,828,837
- CSA	17,786,419
Demonym	Angeleno
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Simmer (DST)	PDT (UTC−7)
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
Aurie code(s)	213, 310/424, 323, 661, 747/818
Wabsteid	lacity.org

Los Angeles (pronounced /lɔːs ˈændʒələs/ lawss-AN-jə-ləs;^[5] Spanish: [los ˈaŋxeles], Spainyie for "The Angels") is the maist populous ceety in Californie an the seicont maist populous in the Unitit States,^[6] wi a population o 3.83 million^[7] on a land aurie o 498.3 square miles (1,290.6 km2). It is the focal point o the lairger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical aurie, which contains nearly 17.8 million fowk. Los Angeles is an aa the seat o Los Angeles Coonty, the maist populatit an ane o the maist multicultural coonties^[8] in the Unitit States. The ceety's inhabitants are referred tae as "Angelenos" (/ændʒɨˈliːnoʊz/).^[9]

Los Angeles wis foondit on September 4, 1781 bi Spainyie govrenor Felipe de Neve. It became 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 months 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 trade, entertainment, cultur, media, fashion, science, technology, an education.^[10]^[11] 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.^[12] The Los Angeles combined statistical aurie (CSA) haes a gross metropolitan product (GMP) o $831 billion (as o 2008), makin it the third lairgest economic center in the warld, efter the Greater Tokyo Aurie an the New York metropolitan aurie.^[13]^[14]^[15] 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, televeesion production, video gemmes, an recordit muisic. The importance o the entertainment business tae the ceety haes led mony celebrities tae caw Los Angeles an its surroondin suburbs hame. Los Angeles hostit the 1932 an 1984 Simmer Olympics. Los Angeles is an aa hame tae renouned universities such as the University of Southern California an the University of California, Los Angeles.