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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
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC-08:00 4
Connections

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California, States or Territories

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

Source Los Angeles (Wikipedia)
United States, Countries
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Los Angeles

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Etta James

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Isamu Noguchi

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John Cage

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Ken Price

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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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Night Stalker Case

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O. J. Simpson Murder Case

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The Big Sleep

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The story is set in Los Angeles.

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Seven Seas Entertainment

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Seven Seas Entertainment is an American publishing company located in Los Angeles, California.
Sony Pictures Animation

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based in Los Angeles, California
Sony Pictures Classics

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SprintRay

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The Asylum

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The Film Collaborative

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Tokyopop

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headquarters near Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California
Yari Film Group

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University of California, Los Angeles

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in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California
University of Southern California

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is a private research university in Los Angeles, California
Charles Manson

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Don Kilhefner

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Harry Hay

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Jack Parsons

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Los Angeles, California, U.S.
James Dobson

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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.
Karen King

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From 1984 until 1997, she taught in the Department of Religious Studies at Occidental College, Los Angeles.
Manly Palmer Hall

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Mary Ellen Tracy

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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.
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.
University of Southern California

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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.
Riot Games

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Source Wikipedia: Riot GamesLead, headquarters
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is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles
California Courts of Appeal

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has its main courthouse in Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Superior Court

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Stanley Mosk Courthouse, Downtown Los Angeles, 100 courtrooms, largest courthouse in the United States
United States District Court for the Central District of California

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Cases are heard in two courthouses in downtown Los Angeles.
University of California, Los Angeles

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University of Southern California

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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.
Los Angeles Angels

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within the Greater Los Angeles area
Los Angeles Chargers

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based in the Greater Los Angeles area
Los Angeles Queens

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professional women's baseball team for Los Angeles
Los Angeles Rams

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based in the Greater Los Angeles area

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1. Los Angeles (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • 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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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 34.05,-118.25
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 99.0
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.25, -118.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 34.25, -118.25
34.25 -118.25 Csb
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4. GeoNames: Los Angeles - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 5368361
Quote, cities500 record 5368361
34.05223 -118.24368 P PPLA2 US CA 037 3820914 89 96 America/Los_Angeles
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Wikidata: Los Angeles
Wikidata Q65, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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