Los Angeles, with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California and the second-most populous in the United States, after New York City, on a land area of 468.67 square miles (1,213.8 km2), and is located in the southern region of the state. It is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area, which contains nearly 17.8 million people and which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in the United States.
Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States, while the entire Los Angeles area itself is recognized and regarded as the most diverse metropolitan area in the United States. The city’s inhabitants are referred to as “Angelenos”
 | Los Angeles History Los Angeles was introduced as an American City on April 4th, 1850. Mobs, gangs and other illegally explicit groups made home to the newly Americanized city of L.A. Davis (1990) described Los Angeles as being … |
 | Cityscape And Landmarks The city is divided into over 80 districts and neighborhoods, many of which were incorporated places or communities that were annexed by the city. There are also several independent cities around Los Angeles, … |
 | Los Angeles Media The major daily newspaper in the area is the Los Angeles Times; La Opinión is the city’s major Spanish-language paper. Investor’s Business Daily is distributed from its L.A. corporate offices, which are … |
 | Los Angeles Sports The city is governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor is Antonio Villaraigosa. There are 15 city council districts. Other elected city officials include the City Attorney Carmen Trutanich and the … |
 | Los Angeles Flora The Los Angeles area is rich in native plant species due in part to diversity in habitats, including beaches, wetlands, and mountains. |
 | Los Angeles Religion The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles leads the largest archdiocese in the country. Cardinal Roger Mahony oversaw construction of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, completed in 2002 at the north … |
 | Los Angeles Culture Los Angeles is often billed as the “Creative Capital of the World”, due to the fact that one in every six of its residents works in a creative industry. According to the USC Stevens Institute for … |
 | Los Angeles Economy The economy of Los Angeles is driven by international trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, video games, recorded music), aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, and tourism. Los … |
 | Los Angeles Geography Los Angeles is irregularly shaped and covers a total area of 498.3 square miles (1,291 km2), comprising 469.1 square miles (1,215 km2) of land and 29.2 square miles (76 km2) of water. The city extends for 44 … |
 | Los Angeles Climate Los Angeles has a Subtropical-Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb on the coast, Csa inland), and receives just enough annual precipitation to avoid Köppen’s BSh (semi-arid … |