Torrance is a city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, in the United States. It lies in the South Bay region and borders Redondo Beach, Lomita, Gardena, Lawndale, Rolling Hills Estates and Palos Verdes Estates, along with the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Harbor City and Harbor Gateway. The town was founded in October 1912 and incorporated on May 12, 1921, as a planned community of the real estate developer Jared Sidney Torrance, with a layout by the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. that separated residential, commercial and industrial districts and was modeled on the Garden City movement. It has about one and a half miles of beachfront on Santa Monica Bay, a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, and 147,067 residents at the 2020 census. It is the birthplace of the American Youth Soccer Organization and the home of the United States headquarters of Honda and Acura.
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Source American Honda Motor Company (Wikipedia)History, headquartersQuote, History, headquarters
In 1990, American Honda took up residence in its current headquarters facility in Torrance, California.
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The population was 147,067 at the 2020 census
History
Torrance was founded in October 1912 and was incorporated on May 12, 1921.
Geography
Torrance is a coastal community in southwestern Los Angeles County
Geography, climate
Torrance has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb)
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California, United States, founded in 1912
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