# Los Angeles

| Los Angeles |
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| Ceety |
| City of Los Angeles |
| Downtown Los Angeles, Venice, Griffith Observatory, Hollywood Sign |
| BannerSeal |
| Eik-name(s): L.A., the Ceety o Angels, Angeltown, La-La Land |
| Location athin Los Angeles Coonty in the state o Californie |
| Los AngelesLocation in the Unitit States |
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| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Californie |
| Coonty | Los Angeles |
| Settled | 4 September 1781 |
| Incorporatit | 4 Aprile 1850 |
| Govrenment |
|  • Teep | Mayor-Cooncil |
|  • Bodi | Los Angeles Ceety Cooncil |
|  • 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** (pronounced /lɔːs ˈændʒələs/*(deprecatit template)* *lawss-**AN**-jə-ləs*; Spaingie: [los ˈaŋxeles], Spaingie fur "The Angels") is the maist populous ceety in Californie an haes the seicont maist fowk in the Unitit States, wi 3.83 million fowk on a laund area o 498.3 square miles (1,290.6 km2). It is the focal pynt o the lairger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined area, whilk conteens 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 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 eik-named the *Ceety o Angels*, Los Angeles is a warld centre o business, internaitional tred, entertainment, cultur, media, fashion, science, technologie, an eddication. It is hame tae renouned institutions kiverin 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 Ceety in the Unitit 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 picturs, 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 Varsity o Soothern Californie an the Varsity o Californie, Los Angeles.

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

## Sister ceeties

A sign nor Ceety Hall pynts tae the sister ceeties o Los Angeles
Los Angeles haes 25 sister ceeties, leetit chronologically bi yeir jynt:

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| * Eilat, Israel (1959)
* Nagoya, Japan (1959)
* Salvador, Brazil (1962)
* Bordeaux, Fraunce (1964)
* Berlin, Germany (1967)
* Lusaka, Zambie (1968)
* Mexico Ceety, Mexico (1969)
* Auckland, New Zealand (1971)
* Busan, Republic o Korea (1971)
* Mumbai, Indie (1972)
* Tehran, Iran (1972)
* Taipei, Taiwan, Republic o Cheenae (1979)
* Guangzhou, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (1981)
 |   | * Athens, Greece (1984)
* Saunt Petersburg, Roushie (1984)
* Vancouver, Canadae (1986)
* Giza, Egyp (1989)
* Jakarta, Indonesie (1990)
* Kaunas, Lithuanie (1991)
* Makati, Philippines (1992)
* Split, Croatie (1993)
* San Salvador, El Salvador (2005)
* Beirut, Lebanon (2006)
* Ischia, Italy (2006)
* Yerevan, Armenie (2007)
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* Los Angeles an aa haes a cultural exchynge pairtnership wi Tel Aviv, Israel.
* Lunnon an Manchester, Unitit Kinrick, an  Łódź, Poland are "freindship ceeties".