Theme Week Los Angeles
Saturday, 21 March 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika Category/Kategorie: General , Greater Los Angeles Area , Bon voyage , Theme Weeks
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East Los Angeles Basin, seen from Mulholland © Lan56/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles, often known by its initials L.A., is the
most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the
second-most populous in the United States, after
New York City , with a population of 3,9 million. It has a land area of 469 square miles (1,215 km2), and is located in
Southern California . The city is the focal point of the larger
Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim metropolitan statistical area and
Greater Los Angeles Area region, which contain 13 million and over 18 million people in Combined statistical area respectively as of 2010, making it
one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world . 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 recognized as the most diverse of the nation’s largest cities. The city’s inhabitants are referred to as
Angelenos . Los Angeles hosted the
Summer Olympic Games in
1932 and
1984 .
Los Angeles was founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve . It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence . In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War , Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood.
Downtown Los Angeles at night, seen from Hollywood Hills © Pintaric/cc-by-sa-3.0
The city is divided into over 80 districts and neighborhoods, many of which were incorporated places or communities that were annexed by the city.
Greater Los Angeles includes a number of enclaves and nearby communities. Generally, the city is divided into the following areas:
Downtown Los Angeles ,
Eastside Los Angeles and
Northeast Los Angeles ,
South Los Angeles , the
Harbor Area ,
Greater Hollywood ,
Wilshire , the
Westside , and the
San Fernando and
Crescenta Valleys . Some well-known communities within Los Angeles include
West Adams ,
Watts ,
Leimert Park ,
Baldwin Hills ,
Venice , the
Downtown Financial District ,
Silver Lake ,
Hollywood ,
Koreatown ,
Westwood and the more affluent areas of
Bel Air ,
Benedict Canyon ,
Hollywood Hills ,
Los Feliz ,
Hancock Park ,
Pacific Palisades ,
Century City , and
Brentwood . Important landmarks in Los Angeles include
Walt Disney Concert Hall , the
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels ,
Angels Flight , the
Kodak Theatre , the
Griffith Observatory , the
Getty Center , the
Getty Villa , the
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art ,
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre , the
Hollywood Sign , the
Bradbury Building ,
Hollywood Boulevard , the
Capitol Records Building ,
Los Angeles City Hall , the
Hollywood Bowl , the
Theme Building , Battleship
USS Iowa , the
Watts Towers , the
Staples Center ,
Dodger Stadium ,
La Placita Olvera /
Olvera Street and the
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Sunset Bridge .
Landmarks in Los Angeles ,
List of sites of interest in the Los Angeles area and
National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles .
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 Angeles is also the largest manufacturing center in the western United States. The contiguous ports of Los Angeles and
Long Beach together comprise the fifth-busiest port in the world and the most significant port in the
Western Hemisphere and is vital to trade within the
Pacific Rim . Other significant industries include media production, finance, telecommunications, law, healthcare, and transportation. The Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $735.7 billion (as of 2010), making it the third largest economic center in the world, after the
Greater Tokyo Area and the New York-Newark-Bridgeport CSA. If counted as a country, the surrounding CSA has the 15th largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP. Los Angeles has been classified an “
Alpha world city ” according to a 2012 study by a research group at
Loughborough University in England. The city is home to six
Fortune 500 companies. 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 Innovation, “there are more artists, writers, filmmakers, actors, dancers and musicians living and working in Los Angeles than any other city at any time in the history of civilization.” There are 841
museums and art galleries in Los Angeles County. In fact, Los Angeles has more museums per capita than any other city in the world.
Here you can find the complete
Overview of all Theme Weeks .
Read more on
City of Los Angeles ,
DiscoverLosAngeles.com ,
Los Angeles County ,
University of California (UCLA) ,
Los Angeles World Airports ,
Port of Los Angeles ,
List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles ,
Wikipedia Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument ,
Wikitravel Los Angeles ,
Wikivoyage Los Angeles and
Wikipedia Los Angeles (
Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State -
Weather report by weather.com -
Global Passport Power Rank -
Travel Risk Map -
Democracy Index -
GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank -
Global Competitiveness Report -
Corruption Perceptions Index -
Press Freedom Index -
World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index -
UN Human Development Index -
Global Peace Index -
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