Westwood, Los Angeles

Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of the city of , California. It is the home of the University of California, Los Angeles.
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,020 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also known as: “Sunset”, “Westwood”, “Westwood Hills”, and “Westwood, California”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden and UCLA La Kretz Botany Building.

Garden
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The Mathias Botanical Garden is a 7-acre botanical garden with over 3,000 species of plants, located on the southeastern corner of the University of California, Los Angeles campus.

University building
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is an university building.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery and mortuary located in the Westwood area of , California, United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westwood Village and Holmby Hills.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States. The neighborhood was developed in the early 20th century by the Janss Investment Company, which developed the rest of Westwood, Los Angeles, as well as other "LA" neighborhoods.

Neighborhood
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is a portmanteau deriving from the combination of , the capital of , and Los Angeles. Also known as Little Iran or Little Persia, a sprawl of Persian community developed in the Los Angeles area generally consisting of Westwood…

Westwood, Los Angeles

Latitude
34.0669° or 34° 4′ 1″ north
Longitude
-118.43994° or 118° 26′ 24″ west
Population
2,020
Elevation
269 feet (82 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US 3DC
Open location code
85633H86+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3833103042
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
5408522
Wiki­data ID
Q1199774
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Westwood, Los Angeles” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وست وود”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uestvud”
  • Basque: “Westwood”
  • Belarusian: “Уэствуд, Каліфорнія”
  • Belarusian: “Уэствуд, Лос-Анджэлес”
  • Belarusian: “Уэствуд”
  • Bulgarian: “Уестуд”
  • Catalan: “Westwood”
  • Cebuano: “Westwood”
  • Chinese: “西木區”
  • Chinese: “西活”
  • Chinese: “韦斯特伍德”
  • Dutch: “Westwood”
  • French: “Westwood Village”
  • French: “Westwood”
  • Galician: “Westwood”
  • German: “Westwood Village”
  • German: “Westwood”
  • Greek: “Γουέστγουντ”
  • Hebrew: “ווסטווד”
  • Irish: “Westwood”
  • Italian: “Westwood”
  • Japanese: “ウェストウッド”
  • Japanese: “ウエストウッド”
  • Korean: “웨스트우드”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Westwood”
  • Norwegian: “Westwood”
  • Persian: “وست‌وود، لس‌آنجلس”
  • Persian: “وست‌وود”
  • Polish: “Westwood”
  • Portuguese: “Westwood”
  • Romanian: “Westwood, Los Angeles”
  • Romanian: “Westwood”
  • Russian: “Вествуд”
  • Russian: “Уэствуд”
  • Scots: “Westwood, Los Angeles”
  • Slovenian: “Westwood”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وزتوود، لوس آنجلس”
  • Spanish: “Westwood (Los Ángeles)”
  • Spanish: “Westwood”
  • Swedish: “Westwood, Los Angeles”
  • Turkish: “Westwood, Los Angeles”
  • Ukrainian: “Вествуд”
  • Ukrainian: “Уествуд”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹووڈ، لاس اینجلس”
  • Welsh: “Westwood”

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Notable Places Nearby

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