Mien Nam California (Southern California), hay con đuoc viet tat la SoCal la khu vuc phia nam cua tieu bang California, Hoa Ky. Trung tam dan cu cua mien Nam California nam tai cac thanh pho Los Angeles, San Diego, San Bernardino va Riverside. Khoang 24 trieu nguoi cu ngu trong khu vuc nay, la khu vuc đong dan đung thu nhi toan quoc, chi sau khu vuc BosWash (giua Boston va Washington D.C.) o Đong Bac Hoa Ky.
Mac du khong co đinh nghia chinh thuc cho ranh gioi mien Nam California, hau het cac đinh nghia bao gom tat ca vung đat phia nam cua Day Tehachapi, khoang 70 dam (113 km) ve phia bac cua Los Angeles.
Phia tay cua mien Nam California co Thai Binh Duong; phia nam la ranh gioi giua Hoa Ky va Mexico; phia đong la cac Sa mac Mojave va Colorado va Song Colorado tai ranh gioi tieu bang voi Arizona va Nevada.


Noi bat Nam trong ranh gioi mien Nam California la mot thanh pho toan cau, Los Angeles, cung voi 3 khu vuc đo thi nam trong danh sach cac khu vuc đo thi đong dan nhat nuoc. Ba khu vuc đo thi đo la: Khu đai Los Angeles (đung thu nhi toan quoc), Khu Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario (con goi la Inland Empire) va Khu San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos.

Cac quan Los Angeles, Cam (Orange), San Diego, San Bernardino va Riverside nam trong danh sach 15 quan đong dan nhat Hoa Ky. Đong thoi, trong khu vuc con co San bay quoc te Los Angeles (san bay ban ron thu ba tai Hoa Ky tinh theo so luong hanh khach va thu nhi tinh theo luong khach quoc te), San bay quoc te San Diego, San bay Van Nuys (san bay hang khong thong thuong ban ron nhat the gioi), cac san bay thuong mai lon tai Quan Cam, Ontario, Burbank va Long Beach va vo so san bay thuong mai va thong thuong khac. Mien Nam California con co Cang Los Angeles, cang thuong mai lon nhat Hoa Ky, Cang Long Beach ke ben đo, va Cang San Diego. He thong xa lo Los Angeles la he thong ban ron nhat the gioi.

Khu vuc co khi đuoc menh danh la "The Tech Coast" (Bo bien cong nghe) vi khu vuc la mot trung tam cong nghiep va cong nghe va la đia điem cua nhieu đai hoc va hoc vien nghien cuu noi tieng the gioi. Trong cac hoc vien đo co nam co so Đai hoc California (tai Los Angeles (UCLA), Irvine (UCI), Riverside, Santa Barbara, va San Diego (UCSD)), 10 co so Đai hoc tieu bang California (Channel Islands, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), Northridge (CSUN), San Bernardino, San Diego (SDSU), va San Marcos), cung nhu nhieu truong tu nhan nhu Vien Cong nghe California, the Đai hoc Mien nam California, Đai hoc Pepperdine, Đai hoc Loyola Marymount, Đai hoc Claremont va va Đai hoc San Diego (USD).

Mien Nam California con la thu đo đien anh, truyen hinh, va am nhac) cua the gioi va la đia điem cua Hollywood, trung tam nganh đien anh. Cac cong ty co tru so o mien Nam California gom co The Walt Disney Company (đong thoi so huu ABC), Sony Pictures, Universal, MGM, Paramount Pictures (cong ty me cua Dreamworks), 20th Century Fox va Warner Brothers, cung nhu Univision, Activision, va THQ. Mien Nam California cung la trung tam giai tri nguoi lon lon nhat the gioi, tai Thung lung San Fernando.
Mien Nam California co nhieu đoi the thao chuyen nghiep. Cac đoi nay gom co Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers (bong ro, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, San Diego Padres (bong chay), Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks (khuc con cau tren bang), Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA (bong đa), Los Angeles Riptide (lacrosse), va San Diego Chargers (bong bau duc My). Cac truong đai hoc o mien Nam California con co nhung chuong trinh the thao NCAA nhu UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, va SDSU Aztecs.


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