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Los Angeles (IPA: /lɑˈsænʒələs/) is the largest city in the state of California and the second largest in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A., it is rated an alpha world city, having an estimated population of 3.8 million and spanning over 469.1 square miles (1,215.0 km²) in Southern California. Additionally, the Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to nearly 12.9 million people who hail from all over the globe and speak 224 different languages. Los Angeles is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populous and one of the most diverse counties in the United States. Its inhabitants are known as "Angelenos" (IPA: /ændʒəˈlinoʊz/).

Trivia about los angeles

  • This city's Major League Baseball team plays its home games in Chavez Ravine
  • At 465 square miles, it's California's largest city in area
  • By population, it's the largest city of the state seen here(California)
  • The last 2 Latinos elected mayor of this huge U.S. city are Cristobal Aguilar (1872) & Antonio Villaraigosa (2005)
  • Don't mess with LL Cool J:"NCIS: ___ ___"
  • (Hi, I'm Freddie Jones of the San Diego Chargers) When the Chargers joined the AFL in 1960, they were based in this city to rival the Rams
  • First Interstate Tower at 707 Wilshire Boulevard: 858 feet
  • In the 1980s this city passed Chicago as the USA's second most populous
  • Big city that's home to Philip Marlowe
  • Venus & Serena grew up in this huge city's suburb of Compton, better known for rappers than groundstrokers
  • Michael Connelly's "Angels Flight" is set in this city
  • The Ambassador, site of RFK's assassination in 1968
  • Arata Isozaki's first U.S. design was this city's Museum of Contemporary Art, also known as MOCA
  • As of April 7, 1984 it surpassed Chicago as the nation's second most populous city
  • Playwright Langston Hughes formed the Suitcase Theater in Harlem & the New Negro Theater in this Calif. city
  • In 1984 the world came to this West Coast city to compete in the Summer Olympics
  • KLOS
  • Bush sent 14,000 troops into Panama in 1989 & 4,500 into this U.S. city in 1992 to quell riots
  • In 1966 this city's franchise was awarded to Jack Kent Cooke for $2 million & a new arena, the Forum
  • MJ won Olympic gold in 1992 in Barcelona & in 1984 in this city
  • The 777 Tower at777 S. Figueroa St.
  • Founded as a little pueblo in 1781, it grew up to become the second-largest city in the U.S.
  • In this city, KFWB hosts "Traffic on the Ones" to help you avoid getting stuck on the freeways
  • Don't be starstruck, it's the city of 3.5 million where you'll find this sign:(The "Hollywood" sign)
  • Here, a member of the Department of Agriculture's Beagle Brigade sniffs for contraband at LAX in this city
  • The forum in which "Children of a Lessr God" was 1st presented was the Mark Taper Forum in this city
  • Aon center at 707 Wilshire Blvd
  • Richard Riordan
  • From beginning to end, the Old Spanish Trail ran between Santa Fe & this West Coast city
  • With 126,000 daily copies, this city's La Opinion is the USA's top-selling non-English newspaper
  • Tom Bradley (1973 to 1993)
  • The second-most populous city in the nation, it's more than 450 square miles in area
  • "Blade Runner"
  • The J. Paul Getty Museum (opened in 1997)
  • (Hi, I'm Hal Sparks) In the Women's National Basketball Association, the Sparks play their home games in this city
  • In 1967 Memorial Coliseum in this West Coast city hosted the first Super Bowl as Green Bay beat Kansas City 35-10
  • In 1993 Richard Riordan succeeded Tom Bradley in running this city
  • MLS's Galaxy
  • The stars shine bright in this city for Major League Soccer's Galaxy
  • The WNBA's Sparks
  • This city's Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral is said to be a postmodern interpretation of Spanish missions
  • The Las Vegas Strip received its name because it reminded someone of a "Strip" in this city's metro area
  • Its original Spanish name translates to "The Town of the Queen of the Angels"
  • Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely"

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