Koreatown
Koreatown is a neighborhood in central Los Angeles, California, centered near Sixth and Alexandria streets. Koreans began immigrating in larger numbers in the 1960s and found housing in the Mid-Wilshire area.
- Type: Suburb with 124,000 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Los Angeles
- Also known as: “Koreatown (Los Ángeles)”, “Koreatown, Los Angeles”, “Ktown”, “LA 코리아 타운”, “LA 코리아타운”, “LA 한인 타운”, “LA 한인촌”, “LA 한인타운”, “LA코리아타운”, “LA한인촌”, “LA한인타운”, “Корейский квартал (Лос-Анджелес)”, “로스앤젤레스 코리아 타운”, “로스앤젤레스 코리아타운”, “로스앤젤레스 한인 타운”, “로스앤젤레스 한인촌”, “로스앤젤레스 한인타운”, “コリアタウン (ロサンゼルス)”, and “韓國城”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre and Saint Sophia Cathedral.
Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
MacArthur Park
Park
Photo: Wurzeller, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilshire and Northwest Los Angeles.
Koreatown
- Categories: district or neighborhood of Los Angeles, Koreatown, tourism, tourist attraction, and locality
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.0618° or 34° 3′ 43″ north
Longitude
-118.3054° or 118° 18′ 20″ west
Population
124,000
Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)
Open location code
85633M6V+PR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Koreatown” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Koreatown”
- Cebuano: “Koreatown”
- Chinese: “洛杉磯韓國城”
- Chinese: “韩国城”
- Czech: “Koreatown”
- Esperanto: “Korea Kvartalo”
- French: “Koreatown”
- German: “Koreatown”
- Greek: “Κορίαταουν”
- Hebrew: “קוריאה טאון”
- Italian: “Koreatown”
- Japanese: “コリア・タウン”
- Japanese: “コリアタウン”
- Korean: “코리아타운”
- Polish: “Koreatown”
- Russian: “Корейский квартал”
- Slovak: “Koreatown”
- Slovenian: “Koreatown”
- Spanish: “Koreatown”
- Turkish: “Koreatown, Los Angeles”
- Urdu: “کوریا ٹاؤن، لاس اینجلس”
- “Koreatown”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Little Bangladesh and Wilton Historic District.
Notable Places Nearby
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