Compton
Compton is one of the Gateway Cities of Los Angeles, and is mainly known for being the birthplace of rappers Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, NWA, DJ Quik, and The Game, as well as of professional tennis players Serena and Venus Williams.
- City with about 95,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 feet (20 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code CPM
- Description: city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
- Postal codes: 90220-90224
- Also known as“City of Compton”“Compton, CA”“Compton, California”
- Neighbors
Places of Interest
Highlights include Compton station and Compton/Woodley Airport.
Compton station
Compton station is an at-grade light rail station…
Compton/Woodley Airport
Compton/Woodley Airport is a public airport…
Artesia station
Artesia station is an at-grade light rail station…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lynwood and Willowbrook.
Lynwood
Lynwood is in the Gateway Cities region of Los Angeles County, California.
East Rancho Dominguez
Hamlet
East Rancho Dominguez, also known as East Compton…
Compton
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Latitude
33.8949° or 33° 53′ 42″ north
Longitude
-118.2266° or 118° 13′ 36″ west
UN/LOCODE
US CPM
Open location code
8553VQVF+X9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yakut—“Compton” goes by many names.
كومبتونArabic
كومبتون (كاليفورنيا)Arabic
ԿոմպտոնArmenian
ՔոմփթոնArmenian
KomptonAzerbaijani
ComptonBasque
КомптанBelarusian
কম্পটনBengali
КомптънBulgarian
ComptonCatalan
ComptonCebuano
КомптонChechen
康普頓Chinese
康普顿Chinese
ComptonCorsican
ComptonCroatian
Compton, KalifornijaCroatian
ComptonCzech
ComptonDagbani
ComptonDanish
ComptonDutch
كومبتونEgyptian Arabic
ComptonEsperanto
ComptonEstonian
ComptonFinnish
კომპტონიGeorgian
کامپتنGilaki
ΚόμπτονGreek
કોમ્પટનGujarati
ComptonHaitian
Compton, KalifòniHaitian
ComptonHausa
קומפטוןHebrew
कॉम्प्टनHindi
ComptonHungarian
ComptonIndonesian
Compton, CaliforniaIndonesian
ComptonIrish
ComptonItalian
Compton (California)Italian
コンプトンJapanese
コンプトン市Japanese
ಕಾಂಪ್ಟನ್Kannada
콤프턴Korean
ComptonLadin
ComptoniaLatin
ComptonLatvian
KomptonaLatvian
KomptonasLithuanian
ComptonLuxembourgish
КомптонMacedonian
ComptonMalagasy
Compton, KaliforniaMalagasy
ComptonMalay
കോംറ്റൺMalayalam
कॉम्पटनMarathi
کامپتنMazanderani
کامپتن (کالیفورنیا)Mazanderani
ComptonMin Nan Chinese
कम्प्टनNewari
कम्प्टन (क्यालिफोर्निया)Newari
ComptonNorwegian
ComptonNorwegian Bokmål
ComptonOccitan (post 1500)
CumbtūnOld English (ca. 450-1100)
Cumbtūn on CalifornieOld English (ca. 450-1100)
Cumbtūn, CalifornieOld English (ca. 450-1100)
کامپتنPersian
کامپتونPersian
کامپتون، کالیفرنیاPersian
ComptonPolish
ComptonRomanian
Compton, CaliforniaRomanian
КомптонRussian
ComptonScots
Compton, CalifornieScots
ComptonSerbian
KomptonSerbian
КомптонSerbian
ComptonSerbo-Croatian
Compton, CaliforniaSerbo-Croatian
ComptonSilesian
කොම්ප්ටන්Sinhala
ComptonSlovak
ComptonSlovenian
کامپتنSouth Azerbaijani
کامپتن، کالیفورنیاSouth Azerbaijani
ComptonSwahili
Compton, CaliforniaSwahili
ComptonSwedish
Compton, KalifornienSwedish
ComptonTagalog
Compton, CaliforniaTagalog
KomptonTalysh
காம்ப்டன்Tamil
КомптонTatar
కాంప్టన్Telugu
คอมพ์ตันThai
ComptonTurkish
Compton, KaliforniyaTurkish
КомптонUkrainian
کامپٹن، کیلیفورنیاUrdu
ComptonUzbek
CомптонUzbek
ComptonVietnamese
Compton, CaliforniaVietnamese
ComptonVolapük
ComptonWaray (Philippines)
Compton, CaliforniaWaray (Philippines)
کیمپٹنWestern Panjabi
康普顿Wu Chinese
康普顿（加利福尼亚州）Wu Chinese
КомптонYakut
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