General information about Los Angeles, California

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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles, frequently identified by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the second-most inhabited in the United States, after New York City, with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621. It has an area of 469 square miles (1,215 km2), and is located in Southern California.

Los Angeles during the day

The city is the central point of the larger Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area and Greater Los Angeles Area region, which contain 12,828,837 and nearly 15 million people respectively as of 2010, making it one of the most inhabited 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 ethnically diverse counties in the United States, while the entire Los Angeles area itself has been established as the most diverse of the nation's largest cities. The city's inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos.

Los Angeles at night

Nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is a global city, with strengths in business, global trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine and research and has been ranked sixth in the Global Cities Index and 9th Global Economic Power Index. The city is home to renowned institutions covering a  range of professional and cultural fields and is one of the most significant economic engines inside the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area (CSA) has a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $831 billion (as of 2008), making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. Los Angeles includes Hollywood and leads the world in the creation of television productions, video games, and recorded music; it is also one of the leaders in motion picture production. Additionally, Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984.

(source: Wikipedia)