Los Angeles Southwest College
Los Angeles Southwest College is a public community college in the unincorporated area of West Athens, California in Los Angeles County, California. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District and its service area includes Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena, Unincorporated Westmont, and West Athens.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: College
- Description: public community college in LA County, California
- Also known as: “lasc.edu”
- Address: 1600 West Imperial Highway, Los Angeles, CA 90047-4899
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Middle College High School and Vermont/Athens station.
Middle College High School
School
Middle College High School is an alternative high school of the Los Angeles Unified School District, located on the property of Los Angeles Southwest College, in West Athens, California, with a Los Angeles postal address.
Vermont/Athens station
Railway station
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Vermont/Athens station is a below-grade light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is situated in the median of Interstate 105 and named after Vermont Avenue and the Athens community where it is located. Vermont/Athens station is situated 4,200 feet east of Los Angeles Southwest College.
Crenshaw station
Railway station
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Crenshaw station is an elevated light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 105, above Crenshaw Boulevard, after which the station is named. Crenshaw station is situated 1¼ miles west of Los Angeles Southwest College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Athens and Westmont.
West Athens
Quarter
West Athens is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 9,393 at the 2020 census. It is an unincorporated community within the 2nd Supervisorial District of Los Angeles County.
Westmont
Suburb
Westmont is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, a part of the South Los Angeles area, just east of Inglewood. The population was 33,913 at the 2020 census, up from 31,853 at the 2010 census.
South Los Angeles
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South Los Angeles is a large region of Los Angeles made up of the neighborhoods south of Downtown L.A. This is a relatively impoverished area of the city, infamous for gang violence and for being the epicenter of major race riots in the 1960s and 1990s.
Los Angeles Southwest College
Latitude
33.92849° or 33° 55′ 43″ northLongitude
-118.30571° or 118° 18′ 21″ westElevation
226 feet (69 metres)Open location code
8553WMHV+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 249488547OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=college
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Los Angeles Southwest College” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “洛杉矶西南大学”
- Chinese: “洛杉矶西南学院”
- Chinese: “洛杉磯西南學院”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كليه لوس انجلوس ساوث ويست”
- French: “Los Angeles Southwest College”
- Urdu: “لاس اینجلس ساؤتھ ویسٹ کالج”
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