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Encyclopedia > Los Angeles (disambiguation)
Look up Los Angeles, Los Angelization in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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Los Angeles, California is the most populous city in the state of California, and the second most populous in the United States. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...


Los Angeles may also refer to:


Places

In the U.S.

Los Angeles County is a county in California and is the most populous county in the United States. ... The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. ... The Los Angeles--Riverside--Orange County, CA CMSA was a defined Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area between June, 1993 and June, 2003. ... Los Angeles Subdivision is a census-designated place located in Willacy County, Texas. ... The Los Angeles River, highlighted in red (on the left). ... The Los Angeles Basin is the coastal sediment-filled plain located between the peninsular and transverse ranges in southern California in the United States containing the central part of the city of Los Angeles. ... General Information Founded December 9, 1907 Coordinates  - Latitude  - Longitude 33º4239 N 118º1459 W Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 7500 acres 4200 acres 3300 acres Available Berths 270 Vessel Arrivals 2,813 (FY 2004) Annual container volume 7. ... Runway layout at LAX “LAX” redirects here. ...

In Chile

The city of Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII (the Biobío region), in the center-south of Chile. ...

In Mexico

Bahia de los Angeles The Bahía de los Ángeles (Bay of Angels) is a bay located along the east side of the Baja California Peninsula, in the state of Baja California, in northwest Mexico. ... Baja California Peninsula (highlighted) The Baja California Peninsula or Lower California is a peninsula in the west of Mexico. ...

In Nicaragua

  • Los Ángeles, Nicaragua

Los Ángeles is a municipality in the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur department of Nicaragua. ...

Spain

  • Cerro de los Ángeles

The monument built after the Spanish Civil War encloses a church within its base. ...

Government agencies

A USPS Truck at Night A U.S. Post Office sign The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the United States government organization responsible for providing postal service in the United States and is generally referred to as the post office. ...

Military

Two ships, an airship, and a submarine of the United States Navy have been named USS Los Angeles, after the city of Los Angeles, California. ... The Los Angeles-class attack submarines (SSN) are the most numerous class of nuclear powered submarines built by any nation, and form the bulk of the U.S. attack submarine force as of 2007. ...

Music

Los Angeles de Charly are a Mexican musical group led by their namesake vocalist Carlos Charly Becíes. ... Los Angeles was the 1980 debut album by X. Produced by ex-Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek, it included a cover of the 1967 Doors song, Soul Kitchen. ... Frank Black is the first solo album from the American alternative rock musician Frank Black. ... Sugarcult is an American pop punk/power-pop band of Santa Barbara, California formed in 1998. ... Wired All Wrong is a band made up of Matt Mahaffey of Self and Jeff Turzo formerly of God Lives Underwater. ...

Media

Los Angeles magazine is a monthly magazine devoted to covering the city of Los Angeles and the surrounding areas of Southern California. ...

Fictional places


  Results from FactBites:
 
Los Angeles (disambiguation) - Wikitravel (134 words)
Los Angeles (Chile) - A town in southern Chile.
Los Angeles - A huge city in the Southern California region of the state of California.
Los Angeles County - The county that is home to the city of Los Angeles in Southern California.
Top20LosAngeles.com - Your Top20Guide to Los Angeles, CA. (2395 words)
Los Angeles (IPA: /lɒˈsændʒəlɨs/) is the largest city in the state of California and the second-largest in the United States of America.
Los Angeles is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States.
Los Angeles grappled with the Watts riots in 1965, the high school walkout by Chicano students in 1968, and the 1970 Chicano Moratorium, as representative of racial strife within the city.
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