Brief OverView Summary Of Los Angeles
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- It is the 14th largest city in land area in United States as it has a total area of 498.3 square miles.
- The major river is Los Angeles river
- Climate of wet winter and warm to hot summer. Breezes from the Pacific Ocean tend to keep the beach communities of the Los Angeles area cooler in summer and warmer in winter.
- Official flower of Los Angeles is Strelitzia reginae
- Los Angeles is the county seat of Los Angeles County and its inhabitants are referred to as as Angelenos.
- Los Angeles is one of the world's centers of culture, science, tecnology, international trade, and higher education, and is home to world-renowned institutions in a broad range of professional and cultural fields. The city and its immediate vicinity lead the world in producing popular entertainment—such as motion picture, television, and recorded music—which forms the base of Los Angeles' international fame and global status.
- Generally, the city is divided into the following areas: Downtown Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, South Central, the Harbor Area, Hollywood, Wilshire, the Westside, and the San Fernando and Crescenta Valleys.
- Some well-known communities of Los Angeles include Watts, Venice Beach, the Downtown Financial District, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Koreatown, and the extremely affluent areas of Bel-Air, Wikipedia:Benedict Canyon, Wikipedia:Hollywood :Hills, Pacific Palisades, and Brentwood.
- Important landmarks in Los Angeles include Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Disney Concert Hall, Kodak Theater, Griffith Observatory, Getty Center, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood sign, Hollywood Boulevard, Capitol Records Tower, Los Angeles City Hall, Hollywood Bowl], Watts Towers, Staples Center, Dodger Stadium and La Placita Olvera.
- Los Angeles has twice played host to the summer Olympic Games, in 1932 and in 1984.Los Angeles also boasts a number of sports venues, including the Staples Center, a sports and entertainment complex that also hosts concerts and awards shows such as the Grammys. The Staples Center also serves as the home arena for the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL and the Avengers of the AFL.
- Some well-known shopping areas are the Hollywood and Highland complex, the Beverly Center, Melrose Avenue, Robertson Boulevard, Rodeo Drive, 3rd St. Promenade in Santa Monica, The Grove, Westside Pavillion, The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center and Venice Boardwalk.
- Area beaches are popular with parties, sunbathers, surfers, swimmers and barefootlers, who have created their own subcultures.
- The major daily newspaper in the area is The Los Angeles Times.
- The major network television affiliates include KABC-TV7, (ABC), KCBS2, (CBS), KNBC4, (NBC), KTTV11, (FOX), KTLA5, (The CW), and KCOP13, (My Network TV), and KPXN30, (i)
- Los Angeles is home to adherents of many religions, and has over 100 Christian denominations, with Roman Catholicism being the largest due to the high numbers of Hispanic, Filipino, and Irish Americans.
- The economy of Los Angeles is driven by international trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, recorded music), aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, and tourism. Los Angeles is also the largest manufacturing centre in the United States.
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