{"id":3583,"count":1,"description":"<b>Discover Los Angeles<\/b> (<span class=\"rt-commentedText nowrap\"><small><a title=\"American English\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_English\">US<\/a>: <\/small><span class=\"IPA nopopups noexcerpt\" lang=\"en-fonipa\"><a title=\"Help:IPA\/English\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English\">\/<span title=\"'l' in 'lie'\">l<\/span><span title=\"\/\u0254\u02d0\/: 'au' in 'fraud'\">\u0254\u02d0<\/span><span title=\"'s' in 'sigh'\">s<\/span> <span title=\"\/\u02c8\/: primary stress follows\">\u02c8<\/span><span title=\"\/\u00e6\/: 'a' in 'bad'\">\u00e6<\/span><span title=\"'n' in 'nigh'\">n<\/span><span title=\"\/d\u0292\/: 'j' in 'jam'\">d\u0292<\/span><span title=\"\/\u0259l\/: 'le' in 'bottle'\">\u0259l<\/span><span title=\"\/\u0259\/: 'a' in 'about'\">\u0259<\/span><span title=\"'s' in 'sigh'\">s<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"nowrap\">(<span class=\"unicode haudio\"><span class=\"fn\"><a title=\"About this sound\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:En-us-los-angeles.ogg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8a\/Loudspeaker.svg\/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"11\" height=\"11\" data-file-width=\"20\" data-file-height=\"20\" \/><\/a><a class=\"internal\" title=\"En-us-los-angeles.ogg\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/37\/En-us-los-angeles.ogg\">listen<\/a><\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/span> <a title=\"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key\"><i title=\"English pronunciation respelling\">lawss AN-j\u0259l-\u0259s<\/i><\/a>;<sup id=\"cite_ref-14\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles#cite_note-14\">[a]<\/a><\/sup> Spanish: <i lang=\"es\">Los \u00c1ngeles<\/i> <small><\/small><span class=\"IPA\" lang=\"es-Latn-fonipa\" title=\"Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)\"><a title=\"Help:IPA\/Spanish\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/Spanish\">[los \u02c8a\u014bxeles]<\/a><\/span>, <abbr title=\"literal translation\">lit.<\/abbr>\u2009'The Angels'), often referred to by its initials <b>L.A..<\/b><sup id=\"cite_ref-15\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles#cite_note-15\">[14]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0 It is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of <a title=\"Southern California\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_California\">Southern California<\/a>. Los Angeles is the <a title=\"List of municipalities in California\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_municipalities_in_California\">largest city<\/a> in the <a title=\"U.S. state\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._state\">state<\/a> of <a title=\"California\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California\">California. <\/a>It is\u00a0 the <a title=\"List of United States cities by population\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population\">second most populous<\/a> city in the <a title=\"United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\">United States<\/a> after <a title=\"New York City\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_City\">New York City. <\/a>\u00a0L.A. is\u00a0 one of the world's most populous <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Megacities\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Megacities\">megacities<\/a>.\r\n\r\nWith a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020.<sup id=\"cite_ref-QuickFacts_7-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles#cite_note-QuickFacts-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup> Los Angeles known for its <a title=\"Mediterranean climate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mediterranean_climate\">Mediterranean climate<\/a>, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the <a title=\"Cinema of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinema_of_the_United_States\">Hollywood film industry.<\/a> Its <a title=\"Greater Los Angeles\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greater_Los_Angeles\">sprawling metropolitan area<\/a>. The city lies in <a title=\"Los Angeles Basin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Basin\">a basin<\/a> in Southern California adjacent to the <a title=\"Pacific Ocean\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pacific_Ocean\">Pacific Ocean<\/a> in the west and extending through the <a title=\"Santa Monica Mountains\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Monica_Mountains\">Santa Monica Mountains<\/a> and north into the <a title=\"San Fernando Valley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Fernando_Valley\">San Fernando Valley<\/a>, with the city bordering the <a title=\"San Gabriel Valley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Gabriel_Valley\">San Gabriel Valley<\/a> to its east. It covers about 469 square miles (1,210\u00a0km<sup>2<\/sup>),<sup id=\"cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2021_6-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2021-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup> and is the <a title=\"County seat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/County_seat\">county seat<\/a> of <a title=\"Los Angeles County, California\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_County,_California\">Los Angeles County<\/a>, which is the <a title=\"List of the most populous counties in the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_the_most_populous_counties_in_the_United_States\">most populous county in the United States<\/a> with an estimated 9.86 million residents as of 2022.<sup id=\"cite_ref-LosAngelesCountyDecline2022_16-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles#cite_note-LosAngelesCountyDecline2022-16\">[15]<\/a><\/sup>\r\n<h2>Discover Los Angeles<\/h2>\r\nThe area that became Los Angeles\u00a0 claimed by <a title=\"Juan Rodr\u00edguez Cabrillo\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juan_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Cabrillo\">Juan Rodr\u00edguez Cabrillo<\/a> for <a title=\"Spanish Empire\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Empire\">Spain<\/a> in 1542. The city was founded on September 4, 1781, under Spanish governor <a title=\"Felipe de Neve\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Felipe_de_Neve\">Felipe de Neve<\/a>, on the village of <a title=\"Yaanga\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yaanga\">Yaanga<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-:02_17-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles#cite_note-:02-17\">[16]<\/a><\/sup> It became a part of <a title=\"First Mexican Empire\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Mexican_Empire\">Mexico<\/a> in 1821 following the <a title=\"Mexican War of Independence\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican_War_of_Independence\">Mexican War of Independence<\/a>. In 1848, at the end of the <a title=\"Mexican\u2013American War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War\">Mexican\u2013American War<\/a>, Los Angeles and the rest of California\u00a0 purchased as part of the <a title=\"Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo\">Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo<\/a>, and thus became part of the United States. Los Angeles was <a title=\"Municipal corporation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Municipal_corporation\">incorporated<\/a> as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved <a title=\"U.S. state\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._state\">statehood<\/a>. The discovery of <a title=\"Petroleum\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petroleum\">oil<\/a> in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city.<sup id=\"cite_ref-18\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles#cite_note-18\">[17]<\/a><\/sup> The city\u00a0 further expanded with the completion of the <a title=\"Los Angeles Aqueduct\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_Aqueduct\">Los Angeles Aqueduct<\/a> in 1913, which delivers water from <a title=\"Eastern California\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_California\">Eastern California<\/a>.\r\n\r\nLos Angeles has a diverse economy with a broad range of industries. It has the <a title=\"Port of Los Angeles\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Port_of_Los_Angeles\">busiest container port<\/a> in the Americas.<sup id=\"cite_ref-19\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles#cite_note-19\">[18]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-20\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles#cite_note-20\">[19]<\/a><\/sup> In 2018, the Los Angeles metropolitan area had a <a title=\"Gross metropolitan product\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gross_metropolitan_product\">gross metropolitan product<\/a> of over $1.0\u00a0trillion,<sup id=\"cite_ref-bea_21-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles#cite_note-bea-21\">[20]<\/a><\/sup> making it the city with the <a title=\"List of cities by GDP\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_cities_by_GDP\">third-largest GDP<\/a> in the world, after <a title=\"New York metropolitan area\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_York_metropolitan_area\">New York City<\/a> and <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Tokyo metropolitan area\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_metropolitan_area\">Tokyo<\/a>. Los Angeles hosted the <a title=\"1932 Summer Olympics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1932_Summer_Olympics\">1932<\/a> and <a title=\"1984 Summer Olympics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_Summer_Olympics\">1984 Summer Olympics<\/a> and will host the <a title=\"2028 Summer Olympics\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2028_Summer_Olympics\">2028 Summer Olympics<\/a>. 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