Los Angeles,CaliforniaBy Erick Rivero Godoy

Los Angeles,California

Location

History

Main landmarks

Geography and

Population

Outstanding

characteristics

It is located on the southern coast of California about 75 miles (120 km) north of the Mexican border and 400 miles (600km) south of San Francisco.

Los Angeles is located in an irregular coastal plain between 30 and 60 miles wide. Bordered on the west by nearly 60 miles of beaches and cliffs of the Pacific Ocean. Mountains of San Gabriel and San Bernardino form a high wall of 2.500 meters in the east. The Santa Monica Mountains define its northern limit and the Santa Ana Mountains define the southern.

History Los Angeles, is the most extensive and populous city in California

and the second in the United States, call abbreviated L.A

Historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was officially 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.

Main landmarksDisneylandIt is a theme park of The Walt Disney Company located in Anaheim, California. It was founded by producer and filmmaker Walt Disney. It opened in 1955. Designed for family entertainment. it is estimated that the park has been visited by over 600 million people per year, being one of the busiest parks annually worldwide.

Walk of fame

It is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, in which soil are placed over 2000 stars with names of celebrities to which it pays due tribute to his career.

SunsetBoulevard

It is a street located in the County of Los Angeles, is an icon of Hollywood celebrity culture and the phrase "Sunset Boulevard" is an enduring shorthand for the glamour associated with Hollywood.

With a length of 22 miles (39 km) Approx.

in it are several film and television studies.

Museums

Los Angeles is a world-class

destination for museum patrons, including the J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Norton Simon collection, the Huntington Library, and dozens more.

Malibu Attractions in Malibu

including oceansiderestaurants, museums, beaches, wineries that have tasting rooms and more. Malibu is the residence of many celebrities, so it is a meeting with the paparazzi.

Universal Studios

Hollywood Universal Studios

Hollywood is a film studio and theme park in the unincorporated Universal City community of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood film studios still in use. Its official marketing headline is "The Entertainment Capital of LA".

Geography and population This concentrated in five

counties (Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and Ventura), it is approximate area is 1.2149. km square.

It is estimated population of 18 million inhabitants together with all the metropolitan area.

This exposed to earthquakes due to its location.

•With a population of 3,792,621 as of 2010, Los Angeles is the second-largest city in the United States, after New York City, and the most populous city in California.

•is recognized this state for its cultural, economic and entertainment centers.

•It is climate is Mediterranean or subtropical.

•Los Angeles is the center of the entertainment world, where every day there are hundreds of teams from both television and film production.

•Los Angeles has more than 80 theaters and 300 museums, more than any other city in the United States.

•The Los Angeles International Airport is the world's third largest airport.

•The tallest building in the city of Los Angeles is the US Bank Tower, with 73 floors and 310 m altitude.