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Los Angeles is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. It is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind New York City. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
3,898,747 1
Area (sq km)
1290.6 1
Founding Year
1781 1
September 4, 1781, the founding as a Spanish pueblo; the city was incorporated April 4, 1850.
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
71 1
Latitude
34.05 degrees north 1
Longitude
118.25 degrees west 1
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California, States or Territories

Los Angeles is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Dobson graduated in 1958, served in the National Guard for six months, and began working at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
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From 1984 until 1997, she taught in the Department of Religious Studies at Occidental College, Los Angeles.
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Mary Ellen Tracy (aka Sabrina Aset) (born 1943) is the high priestess of the Church of the Most High Goddess, who was convicted in 1989 of a single misdemeanor count of running a house of prostitution in connection with the operation of the church, located in West Los Angeles, California.
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The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
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The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal[a]) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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1. Los Angeles (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Los Angeles ... is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    3,898,747
  • Article text
    The city has lost 0.5% of its population since the 2020 census.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    1290.6
  • Infobox: elevation_ft
    233
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    34.050 N 118.250 W
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    34.050 N 118.250 W
  • Infobox, Founded
    1781
  • Associated With: United States, Infobox, Country
    United States
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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