This article mainly introduces the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. For the county where the city is located, please see the entry "Los Angeles County". For the area where it is located, please see the entry "Greater Los Angeles." Area" (Greater Los Angeles Area). For other information about "Los Angeles", please see Article 13. Others (Cities and Regions).

City name

City of Los Angeles. Abbreviated as L.A.

Also known as

The City of Angels, Luo Province.

Longitude and latitude

The city center is located at 34 degrees 03 minutes north latitude and 118 degrees 15 minutes west longitude.

Country

The United States of America

State

State of California

County

Los Angeles County. The City of Los Angeles is the administrative center of Los Angeles County.

Established

September 4, 1781

City established

April 4, 1850

Government

Type: Mayor-council government

Mayor: Antonio Villaraigosa

Area

The city has a total area of ??1,290.6 square kilometers (the second largest city in the United States, second only to New York City). The land area is 1,214.9 square kilometers; the water area is 75.7 square kilometers, accounting for 5.8% of the total area. The urban area of ??Los Angeles is 4,319.9 square kilometers.

Altitude

The average altitude of the city is 84 meters. Lukens Mountain (also known as Sister Elsie Peak) is the highest point in Los Angeles, with an altitude of 1,548 meters.

Population

The city's population is 3,834,340 (the second largest city in the United States, second only to New York City). The population density is 3,168 people/km2. The Los Angeles metropolitan population is 12,950,100. The population of the greater Los Angeles area is approximately 17.776 million.

Languages

The Los Angeles area population speaks approximately 224 different languages.

Time

The time zone of Los Angeles is Pacific Standard Time (PST). UTC-8.

Daylight saving time is the United States Pacific Time Zone (PDT). UTC-7.

Postal Code

90001-90068, 90070-90084, 90086-90089, 90091, 90093-90097, 90099, 90101-90103, 90174, 90185, 90189

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City flower

Bird of paradise. Also known as Crane flower.

Los Angeles is the largest city in California, the second largest city in the United States (after New York City), and the county seat of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles is the most densely populated and diverse place in the United States, with people from all over the world immigrating here and speaking 224 different languages. Los Angeles is one of the most comprehensive world-class cities.

Los Angeles was founded in 1781 by Spanish ruler Felipe de Neve. It was once part of Spain. In 1821, Mexico won independence from Spain and Los Angeles became Mexican territory. In 1848, Mexico lost the Mexican-American War and ceded California to the United States. On April 4, 1850, Los Angeles was officially established as a city. Five months later, California became an official state of the United States.

Los Angeles is one of the global cultural, technology, media, economic and international trade center cities. Los Angeles has world-renowned institutions in various professional and cultural fields, and is the most important economic center in the United States. The GDP output of Los Angeles and the adjacent region ranks 20th in the world. Los Angeles is also a leading city in global pop culture. Popular entertainment - such as movies, television, and music - forms the basis of Los Angeles' international reputation and global status. [Edit this paragraph] 1. Historical evolution of the new Los Angeles City Hall "City of Angels" in 1931

On August 2, 1769 (the second day of the Catholic feast day of Our Lady), the Spanish expedition opened a church in search of The location came here, and a town was built in 1781, and it was called the "Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porciúncula" (Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porciúncula), later referred to as the "City of Angels" (Spain The transliteration of the language is Los Angeles).

Discovery

The Tongva people (Gabrielenos), Chumash people and early Indians have lived in the coastal area of ??Los Angeles for thousands of years. In 1542, the first Europeans to arrive here, led by Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo|Joao Cabrilho, declared this area to be the City of God of the Spanish Empire, but they did not stay here for long. It has been 227 years since I arrived here again. On August 2, 1769, Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan priest Juan Crespi arrived at the place where Los Angeles is today.

Turns over

In 1781, Los Angeles became a Spanish colony. In 1818, Americans arrived here for the first time. In 1821, Los Angeles belonged to Mexico. In 1846, Mexico lost the Mexican-American War and later ceded California to the United States, and Los Angeles became a U.S. territory. In 1848, the "Gold Rush" in the West attracted a large number of immigrants to Los Angeles. In 1850, Los Angeles was officially established as a city. In the same year, California became the 31st state of the United States. At that time, the population of Los Angeles was only 1,600.

The Rise

With the discovery of oil at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Los Angeles began to rise and rapidly developed into the largest city in the western United States. After the Second World War, with the rise of modern industry, the prosperity of business, finance and tourism, the surge in immigration, and the continuous expansion of urban areas, Los Angeles became a megacity in the United States. By the 1920s, the film and aviation industries were concentrated in Los Angeles, spurring further growth in the city.

Los Angeles successfully hosted the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. In the mid to late 1980s, Los Angeles was the capital of heavy metal music. Although the riots in Los Angeles in 1992 and the earthquakes in 1994 and 2002 caused considerable losses, Los Angeles withstood the test.

Today

Los Angeles has now become the largest base for the petrochemical, marine, aerospace and electronic industries in the United States. In recent years, Los Angeles' financial industry and business have also developed rapidly. Hundreds of banks have offices in Los Angeles, including many well-known international consortiums, such as Lockheed, Northrop, Rockwell, etc. Los Angeles has It has become the financial center in the United States after New York. [Edit this paragraph] 2. Geographical environment Echo Park: Los Angeles is adjacent to the coast of San Pedro Bay and Santa Monica Bay on the east side of the vast Pacific Ocean, with the vast San Gabriel Mountains as its backdrop, covering an area of ??1,290.6 square kilometers. . The metropolitan area includes Los Angeles County, Orange County, Ventura County, Riverside County, and part of San Bernadino County , as well as more than 80 large and small towns such as Beverly Hills, Pasadena, and Long Beach, with a total area of ??10,567 square kilometers. The city is located in an open basin surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on one side. Except for some hills, the ground is flat with an average altitude of 84 meters. The highest point, Elsey Peak, is 1,548 meters high.

Los Angeles is sunny all year round, dry with little rain, and has a mild and pleasant climate. The average temperature is about 12 degrees, with the average temperature in January being 13.7°C and July 23.4°C. The annual precipitation is only 357 mm, mainly winter rain.

Concepts

"Los Angeles" has three geographical concepts:

1. Greater Los Angeles area, including Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, etc. 5 There are 131 cities in each county, with a population of 9.52 million, making it the largest urban agglomeration in the United States;

2. Los Angeles County, composed of 88 cities;

3. Los Angeles City, the second largest city in the United States A large city with a population of 3.96 million.

Terrain

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ??498.3 square miles (1,290.6 square kilometers), of which 469.1 square miles (1,214.9 square kilometers) are land area and 469.1 square miles (1,214.9 square kilometers) are water area 29.2 square miles (75.7 square kilometers, accounting for 5.86%). Its land area ranks ninth among cities in the continental United States. The city's maximum span from north to south is 44 miles (71 kilometers), and its maximum span from east to west is 29 miles (47 kilometers). , with a boundary circumference of 342 miles (550 kilometers)

The highest peak in Los Angeles is Lukens Mountain (also known as Sister Elsie Peak), with an altitude of 5,080 feet (1,548 meters). The northeasternmost part of the San Fernando Valley is part of the Lukens Mountains. The Los Angeles River is a major seasonal river that flows through the city and originates from the San Fernando Valley.

Climate

Los Angeles is located in the Mediterranean climate zone, with a generally dry climate all year round. It only rains slightly more in winter, and the weather is rarely below freezing, so the chance of snowfall is not very high. High. The annual precipitation is only 357 mm, mainly winter rain. The temperature difference between day and night is large in Los Angeles, and it is relatively hot during the day. Even in winter, the daytime temperature is often 20 degrees Celsius, and in summer the daytime temperature often exceeds 35 degrees Celsius. Forest fires are often caused by heat waves. Rainfall is mainly concentrated in winter and spring, and February is the wettest season.

Temperature

The average temperature in Los Angeles

January: 7°C～18°C; February: 9°C～19°C; March: 10°C～21°C; April: 12°C～22°C

May: 13°C～23°C; June: 15°C～25°C; July: 12°C～28°C; August: 12°C～28°C

September: 16°C～28°C; October: 14°C～25°C; November: 11°C～23°C; December: 9°C～20°C< /p>

Best time to travel

Los Angeles has a mild and pleasant climate. January and February are the coldest months with an average temperature of 13.7°C and it is rainy in winter. The hottest months are July and August with average temperatures 23.4℃, sunny weather. Due to its proximity to the sea, the temperature in Los Angeles is much milder in winter and summer than in other areas at the same latitude in the United States. Summer is the best time to travel. You can swim and play at the seaside, but summer is also the time when there are the most tourists. If you want to be quieter, you can choose to travel in April or May or September or October [Edit this paragraph] 3. Administrative divisions of the Los Angeles metropolitan area

Los Angeles is a well-known homogeneous urban agglomeration. From a physical perspective, Los Angeles has the establishment of various county and city systems; but from an urban form perspective, Los Angeles is a metropolis composed of nearly 100 homogeneous cities. These cities are compactly and orderly arranged on a rectangular landmass of nearly 10,000 square kilometers, with clear outlines. Los Angeles does not have a dominant downtown, and the millions of vehicles flowing every day do not pass centripetally or radially through a central point in the city.

Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County has a current population of approximately 10.24 million, making it the largest county in the United States. The functions of the county include enforcing laws, assessing property, taxing, public sanitation, public social services and poor relief, in addition to flood control, water resource protection, parks and some cultural and recreational services. There are 88 cities in Los Angeles County, with varying degrees of autonomy, and 37 cities and counties have agreements with the county to provide all municipal services. 65% of the areas in Los Angeles County do not have municipalities or municipalities. About 1 million people live in this area. Municipal services in this area are provided by the county.

Levels

The relationship between Los Angeles-style local "county-city" (wide area locality-basic locality), according to Eastern customs, is "city classification" ".

In first-class cities, all administration in the city is handled by the municipal government.

In second-class cities, the administrative part of the city is handled by the city, and part of it is handed over to the inter-municipal joint government or its superior county.

In third-class cities, city administration is basically handled by the county, and the city government is only responsible for very little administration.

The population is the largest in the first class and less in the later ones. The main grading criterion is population. [Edit this paragraph] 4. Demographic structure Grauman's Chinese Theater The urban population of Los Angeles is about 4.1 million, and the total population of the Greater Los Angeles Area (Greater Los Angeles Area) in its suburbs and satellite cities is about 16 million, including Los Angeles County ( Los Angeles County, Orange County, Ventura County, Riverside County and San Bernadino County.

A large number of immigrants have made Los Angeles a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural international city. Ethnic minorities account for about half of the city’s population and have many immigrant communities. Areas where various ethnic groups live together have formed their own The "city". Los Angeles is also one of the main gathering places for Chinese in the United States, with about 400,000 Chinese living here. The nickname of Los Angeles is "Luo Province", which is the Cantonese transliteration of the early Cantonese Chinese immigrants. Moreover, the city of Los Angeles belongs to Los Angeles County, so it also means "provincial capital".

However, the mixing of different races also caused Los Angeles, like other large American cities, to face powerful racial issues. In 1992, a major riot broke out between blacks and white police officers who abused their police power.

Population growth rate in years

1790 131 —

1800 315 —

1810 365 —

1820 650 —

1830 1,300 —

1840 2,240 —

1850 1,610 —

1860 4,385 172.4%

1870 5,728 30.6%

1880 11,183 95.2%

1890 50,395 350.6%

1900 102,479 103.4%

1910 319,198 211.5%

1920 576,673 80.7%

1930 1,238,048 114.7%

1940 1,504,277 21.5%

1950 1,970,358 31.0%

1960 2,479,0 15 25.8%

1970 2,816,061 13.6%

1980 2,966,850 5.4%

1990 3,485,398 17.5%

2000 3,694,820 6.0%

2006 3,849,378 4.2%

Religion

Los Angeles is one of the cities with the most diverse religious groups in the world.

Many religions have followers in Los Angeles, including more than 100 Christian denominations. Roman Catholicism is the largest religious group in Los Angeles due to the large Spanish, Filipino, and Irish populations.

The Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles leads the largest archdiocese in the United States. In 2002, The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was built at the northern end of the city center.

The Los Angeles Temple is the second largest church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the world, located on Santa Monica Boulevard in the Westwood district of Los Angeles. Built in 1956, it was the first Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church in California. The visitor center is open to the public, as is the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center.

Los Angeles has the second largest number of Jews among American cities, after New York. There are many Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox synagogues throughout the city. Most are located in the San Fernando Valley and West Los Angeles.

The Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles from 1906 to 1909 was a milestone in the history of the Pentecostal movement. Soon after, it was also in Los Angeles that Christian Fundamentalism took its name and took a crucial step. In 1909, the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (B.I.O.L.A., now Biola University) published and widely distributed a series of books called The Fundamentals, which introduced traditional conservative interpretations of the Bible. The term "Christian fundamentalism" is named after this series of books.

In the 1920s, Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-) founded the prosperous International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, Angelus Episcopal Church (Angelus Church) Temple) was open to both white and black worshipers. In 1949, Pastor Billy Graham became a celebrity because he held a successful revival meeting in Los Angeles. The Worldwide Church of God founded by Herbert W. Armstrong was once headquartered near Pasadena and is now located in Glendale . Dr. Gene Scott maintained a foothold near downtown until his death in 2005. Metropolitan Community Church is a Christian fellowship with gays and lesbians as its main members. It was founded in Los Angeles in 1968 by Troy Perry.

Because Los Angeles has a large population of different ethnic groups, it also has numerous organizations of various religious beliefs, including Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Baha’is, various Orthodox churches, Sufis, and more. Immigrants from Asia, for example, founded many Buddhist societies, giving the city the largest diversity of Buddhists in the world. Los Angeles currently has the largest number of Buddhists among American cities. There are more than 300 Buddhist temples in the city. [Edit this paragraph] 5. The Night History of Financial Los Angeles

Los Angeles, located in southern California on the west coast of the United States, is the second largest city in the United States after New York and a major player in the global economy and urban system. A dazzling star. It emerged at the end of the 19th century. With the improvement of transportation and the discovery of oil in the early 20th century, it began to emerge in Southern California. People, industries and other production factors concentrated here, and it became a regional central city in the 1930s. During and after the Second World War, the federal government adopted military orders, established military facilities and military bases, and Los Angeles' modern industry rose and rapidly developed into the largest city in the western United States. Business, finance and tourism prospered, immigrants surged, and urban areas Continuously expanding to all directions, Los Angeles became a megacity in the United States.

Industry and Commerce

Today, Los Angeles has become the largest base for the petrochemical, marine, aerospace and electronic industries in the United States. It is one of the major centers of science and technology in the United States. It has the largest number of scientists and engineering technicians in the United States and enjoys the title of "Technology City".

In recent years, the financial industry and business in Los Angeles have also developed rapidly. Hundreds of banks have offices in Los Angeles, including many well-known international consortiums, such as Northrop, Rockwell, etc. Los Angeles has become the financial center second only to New York.

Los Angeles is the largest industrial center in the western United States. Its manufacturing output value accounts for about 1/2 of California's, ranking third in the country. Los Angeles has a modern deep-water seaport, and nearby Long Beach has the famous Summers Project, an artificial island for oil extraction. The island has a world-unique large inclined shaft.

Culture and Entertainment

Los Angeles has endless beaches and bright sunshine, the famous "Movie Kingdom" Hollywood, the fascinating Disneyland, and the beautiful Beverly Hills. Make Los Angeles a world-famous "movie city" and "tourism city". The urban area of ??Los Angeles is vast and dispersed. The entire city is based on thousands of small houses for each family. Amidst the greenery, row upon row of courtyard-style buildings, with elegant colors, exquisite shapes and different styles, are scattered on the flat hills. There are more than a dozen high-rise buildings with dozens of floors in the city center. Highways and city streets criss-cross and are as dense as a spider web, extending in all directions. The road area of ??Los Angeles accounts for about 30% of the city's area. It is the city with the most developed highways in the United States and the city with the most cars in the United States.

Import and Export Trade

Los Angeles is also the center of trade, transportation, logistics, and warehousing industries on the West Coast of the United States. It is also the import and export trade center between the United States and Asia. The Port of Los Angeles and the secondary port of Long Beach in San Pedro are located south of the city. They are the largest seaports in the United States and handle approximately 70% of the total container volume on the West Coast of the United States.

Los Angeles area

The Los Angeles area is the largest economic center in California, accounting for 30% of California’s labor market, one-third of California’s output value, and four quarters of California’s retail and wholesale volume. More than one percent. The Port of Los Angeles is a major port in the United States. Hollywood is a traditional movie capital. Today, studios and production centers are scattered around Hollywood, and many record companies are also concentrated there. Due to its close relationship with the entertainment industry, Los Angeles has become a major center for the multimedia industry. [Edit this paragraph] 6. Transportation The huge "LAX" sign and lighthouse in front of Los Angeles International Airport MTA Bus (Metropolitan Transit Authority Bus)

The bus connecting major locations in Los Angeles city and suburbs, in heavy traffic The city of Los Angeles is a means of transportation for its citizens. Because fares are cheap, if you know how to get on and off the bus and the routes, you can enjoy a fun and cost-effective bus trip. MTA buses are vehicles with orange lines on a white background and have about 200 routes. The fare is US$1.25 in the city. If you are traveling for a day, you can buy a one-day pass for US$5 at the train station or bus service center with a smart card for US$7. If you transfer in the same direction, it costs 25 cents within an hour. 2 times (you need to ask the driver for a transfer ticket).