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The rich history of the City of SanGabriel dates back to 1771 with the founding of the Mission SanGabriel Archangel, a California State historical landmark, and establishes SanGabriel as the birthplace of the Los Angeles region.
The Mission SanGabriel Arcangel, "Pride of the California Missions," founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1771, is the fourth of twenty-one California Missions, and has long been a center for culture and art.
As the original and oldest settlement north of San Diego and south of San Luis Obispo, it is from SanGabriel that the City of Los Angeles and the greater metropolitan area were established.
Mission SanGabriel Arcangel, established in 1771, is the cradle of the SanGabriel Valley and one of many missions in California.
The upper middle-class northern part of SanGabriel (near affluent San Marino) tends to be heavily Taiwanese, whereas the Chinese Vietnamese and Mainland Chinese live in the working-class sections toward the southern and eastern portions of the city (near poorer Rosemead).
SanGabriel Square, constructed in the early 1990s in a mediterranean style, is the largest Asian shopping center in the area and is especially popular with affluent immigrants from Taiwan.