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Sawtelle

Sawtelle is a neighborhood in , on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. The short-lived City of Sawtelle grew around the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, later the Sawtelle Veterans Home, and was incorporated as a city in 1899.
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  • Type: Suburb with 39,800 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Japantown, Los Angeles”, “Little Osaka”, “Sawtelle Japantown”, and “Sawtelle, Los Angeles”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nuart Theatre and Tongva Sacred Springs.

Movie theater
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The is an art-house movie-theater in , California, United States. It is the flagship location of the Landmark Theatres chain in the United States.

Archaeological site
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The are a group of springs located on the campus of University High School in Los Angeles, California. The springs, called Koruu'vanga by the native Gabrieleno Tongva people, were used as a source of natural fresh water by the Tongva people since at least the 5th century BC and continue to produce 22,000–25,000 US gallons of water a day.

Railway station
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is an elevated light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Bundy Drive and Exposition Boulevard in , California. It serves the Metro E Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tehrangeles and West Los Angeles.

Neighborhood
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is a portmanteau deriving from the combination of , the capital of , and Los Angeles. A Persian community developed in , after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 prompted thousands of Iranians to flee to the United States.

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is an area of the city of within the larger area of the West Side of Los Angeles County. The area includes the neighborhoods of Bel-Air, Brentwood, Century City, Cheviot Hills, Mar Vista, Palms, Sawtelle, West LA, and Westwood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Sawtelle

Latitude
34.03989° or 34° 2′ 24″ north
Longitude
-118.4508° or 118° 27′ 3″ west
Population
39,800
Elevation
157 feet (48 metres)
Open location code
85632GQX+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150981982
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
5393701
Wiki­data ID
Q7428691
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Sawtelle” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “薩特爾 (洛杉磯)”
  • Chinese: “薩特爾”
  • Dutch: “Sawtelle”
  • French: “Sawtelle”
  • German: “Sawtelle”
  • Indonesian: “Sawtelle, Los Angeles”
  • Indonesian: “Sawtelle”
  • Italian: “Sawtelle”
  • Japanese: “ソウテル”
  • Lithuanian: “Sotelis”
  • Persian: “سوتل، لس آنجلس”
  • Persian: “سوتل”
  • Spanish: “Sawtelle (Los Ángeles)”
  • Spanish: “Sawtelle”
  • Turkish: “Sawtelle, Los Angeles”
  • Turkish: “Sawtelle”
  • Urdu: “سوٹیل، لاس اینجلس”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sawtelle Japantown and Veterans Administration.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Barrington Avenue Baptist Church and The Church on the Way Sawtelle.

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