Los Angeles

Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have quipped, "Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles," a quote that has since been repeated both by those who love and hate L.A.

Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Hollywood and San Gabriel Valley.

No trip to Los Angeles is complete without a visit to its most famous district: , best known as the self-declared entertainment capital of the world.

The in is a region of Los Angeles County. Stretching from to at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains to the north, the valley encompasses numerous suburban communities to the northeast of .

The is a region of Los Angeles County in , nestled to the northwest of the Los Angeles Basin.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Gateway Cities and South Bay.

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The largely suburban and industrial of Los Angeles County in make up the southeastern portion of the county, lying between the City of Los Angeles proper and the border of the county with .

The region of Los Angeles County in has many of the fine beaches of its neighboring areas on the West Side, with a wide variety of atmospheres, from high-end and yuppified to still-expensive beach raffish.

The of Los Angeles in is much of what the rest of the world thinks of when they think "California". Beautiful beaches, fancy homes, movie stars: it's all there.

in is a region in the north end of Los Angeles County and eastern .

in is a region of Los Angeles County just to the north of Los Angeles proper.

Los Angeles is a city of diverse cultures, and many of them are showcased in and around the city's Downtown. While Downtown L.A. has been considered primarily a business and manufacturing hub for the last several decades, its long-heralded revival has really gained some traction as new restaurants, retail chains, boutiques, and trendy hotels open at a rapid pace.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crypto.com Arena and Chavez Ravine.

Stadium
is a multi-purpose indoor arena in . Opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center, it is located next to the complex along Figueroa Street, and has since been considered a part of .

Stadium
Baseball has been considered 's pastime for over a century and today remains one of the biggest sports in the country. Baseball is played at a number of amateur levels, from Little League to High School to College, and professional leagues range from the lowest Minor Leagues to Major League Baseball.

Town hall
, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, , and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northwest Los Angeles and Eastside.

is a region of the city that roughly comprises the neighborhoods of East Hollywood, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Elysian Park, Westlake/MacArthur Park, and the spacious Griffith Park.

The of Los Angeles is the sprawling region of the city east of the Los Angeles River. It covers many distinct and vibrant neighborhoods, from East LA--the center of Latino culture in the city--at the southern end to hilly Eagle Rock at the north.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located east of the . It is one of the city's most notable and historic Chicano/Mexican American communities, and is home to cultural landmarks like Mariachi Plaza and events like the annual Día de los Muertos celebrations.

Los Angeles

Latitude
34.0537° or 34° 3′ 13″ north
Longitude
-118.2428° or 118° 14′ 34″ west
Population
3,900,000
Elevation
292 feet (89 metres)
Inception
April 4th, 1850
IATA airport code
LAX
United Nations Location Code
US LAX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1738808199
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5368361
Wiki­data ID
Q65
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Satellite Map

Discover Los Angeles from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zeeuws—“Los Angeles” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Лос-Анџелес
  • Abkhazian: Лос-Анџьелес
  • Afrikaans: Los Angeles
  • Albanian: LA
  • Albanian: Los Angeles
  • Albanian: Los Anxheles
  • Albanian: Los Anxhelos
  • Albanian: Los Axhelos
  • Amharic: ሎስ አንጀለስ
  • Amharic: ሎስ አንጄሌስ
  • Amharic: ሎስ አንጅለስ
  • Arabic: إل آي
  • Arabic: لوس آنجلس
  • Arabic: لوس أنجلس
  • Arabic: لوس أنجلوس
  • Arabic: لوس انجلوس
  • Arabic: لوس انجيلوس
  • Aragonese: Los Angeles
  • Aragonese: Los Ángeles
  • Armenian: Լոս Անջելես
  • Arpitan: Los Angeles
  • Assamese: লচ এঞ্জেলচ
  • Asturian: Los Angeles
  • Asturian: Los Ángeles
  • Aymara: Los Angeles
  • Azerbaijani: Los Anceles
  • Azerbaijani: Los-Anceles
  • Balinese: Los Angeles
  • Bambara: Los Angeles
  • Bashkir: Лос-Анджелес
  • Basque: Los Angeles
  • Bavarian: Los Angeles
  • Belarusian: Лёс Анджэлес
  • Belarusian: Лёс-Анхэлес
  • Belarusian: Лос-Анджалес
  • Belarusian: Лос-Анджэлас
  • Belarusian: Лос-Анджэлес
  • Bengali: আওয়ার লেডি দ্য কুইন অফ দ্য অ্যাঞ্জেলস অফ দ্য লিটল পর্শনের শহর
  • Bengali: এলএ, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া
  • Bengali: এলএ
  • Bengali: গোলাপি শহর
  • Bengali: টিনসেল শহর
  • Bengali: ডাবল ডুবুক
  • Bengali: পরীদের শহর
  • Bengali: পিঙ্ক সিটি
  • Bengali: লস অ্যাঞ্জেলেস শহর
  • Bengali: লস অ্যাঞ্জেলেস
  • Bengali: লস এঞ্জেলেস, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া
  • Bengali: লস এঞ্জেলেস, সিএ
  • Bengali: লসএঞ্জেলস্
  • Bengali: লা লা ল্যান্ড
  • Bengali: সিটি অফ অ্যাঞ্জেলস
  • Bhojpuri: लस एंजेल्स
  • Bhojpuri: लास एंजेलिस
  • Bhojpuri: लॉस एंजिलिस
  • Bhojpuri: लॉस एंजेलिस
  • Bislama: Los Angeles
  • Bosnian: Los Angeles
  • Breton: Los Angeles
  • Bulgarian: Лос Анджелис
  • Burmese: လော့စ်အိန်ဂျယ်လိစ်မြို့
  • Catalan: LA
  • Catalan: Los Ángeles (Califòrnia)
  • Catalan: Los Angeles
  • Cebuano: Los Angeles (kapital sa kondado)
  • Cebuano: Los Angeles
  • Central Bikol: Los Angeles
  • Central Kanuri: Los Angeles
  • Central Kurdish: لۆس ئانجلەس
  • Central Kurdish: لۆس ئانجلۆس
  • Central Kurdish: لۆس ئەنجلس
  • Chavacano: Los Angeles
  • Chechen: Лос-Анджелес
  • Cheyenne: Los Angeles
  • Chinese: Lo̍k-sam-ki
  • Chinese: 洛杉矶
  • Chinese: 洛杉矶市
  • Chinese: 洛杉磯
  • Chinese: 洛杉磯市
  • Chuvash: Лос-Анджелес
  • Cornish: Los Angeles
  • Corsican: Los Angeles
  • Crimean Tatar: Los Anceles
  • Croatian: L. A.
  • Croatian: LA
  • Croatian: Los Angeles
  • Czech: L.A.
  • Czech: Los Angeles
  • Dagbani: Los Angeles
  • Danish: Los Angeles
  • Dimli (individual language): Los Angeles
  • Dotyali: लस एन्जलस
  • Dutch: L.A.
  • Dutch: Los Angeles
  • Dutch: The City of Angels
  • Eastern Mari: Лос-Анджелес
  • Egyptian Arabic: لوس انجليس
  • Erzya: Лос-Анджелес
  • Esperanto: LA
  • Esperanto: Los-Anĝeleso
  • Esperanto: Losanĝeleso
  • Esperanto: urbo de anĝeloj
  • Estonian: Los Angeles
  • Ewe: Los Angeles
  • Extremaduran: Los Ángeles
  • Faroese: Los Angeles
  • Fiji Hindi: Los Angeles, California
  • Fiji Hindi: Los Angeles
  • Fijian: Losi Enijilisi
  • Finnish: LA
  • Finnish: Los Angeles
  • French: Cité des Anges
  • French: City of Angels
  • French: L.A.
  • French: Los Angeles
  • French: Los Ángeles
  • Friulian: Los Angeles
  • Galician: LA
  • Galician: Los Angeles
  • Galician: Os Ánxeles
  • Gan Chinese: 洛杉磯
  • Georgian: ლოს-ანჯელესი
  • German: L.A.
  • German: LA
  • German: Los Angeles
  • German: Stadt der Engel
  • Gilaki: لؤس آنجلس
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐌴𐌽𐌳𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐍉𐍃 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃
  • Greek: LA
  • Greek: Λος Άντζελες
  • Guarani: Los Ángeles
  • Gujarati: લોસ એન્જલસ
  • Gujarati: લોસ એન્જેલસ
  • Haitian: Los Angeles, Kalifòni
  • Haitian: Los Angeles
  • Hakka Chinese: Lo̍k-chhám-kî
  • Hakka Chinese: Los Angeles
  • Hausa: Los Angeles
  • Hawaiian: Los Angeles
  • Hebrew: לוס אנג’לס
  • Hebrew: לוס אנגלס
  • Hindi: लॉस एंजिलिस
  • Hindi: लॉस एंजेलिस
  • Hindi: लॉस ऐन्जेलिस
  • Hindi: लॊस आंजॆलॆस
  • Hungarian: Los Angeles
  • Iban: Los Angeles
  • Icelandic: Los Angeles
  • Ido: Los Angeles
  • Igbo: Los Angeles
  • Iloko: Los Angeles
  • Inari Sami: Los Angeles
  • Indonesian: Los Angeles
  • Ingush: Лос-Анджелес
  • Interlingua: Los Angeles
  • Interlingue: Los Angeles
  • Irish: Cathair na nAingeal
  • Irish: LA
  • Irish: Los Angeles, California
  • Irish: Los Angeles
  • Italian: Los Angeles
  • Jamaican Creole English: Las Anjiliiz
  • Japanese: カリフォルニア州
  • Japanese: ロサンジェルス
  • Japanese: ロサンゼルス
  • Japanese: ロス
  • Japanese: ロスアンジェルス
  • Japanese: ロスアンゼルス
  • Japanese: ロスアンヘレス
  • Japanese: 羅府
  • Javanese: Los Angeles
  • Kabiyè: Lɔsɩ Anzelɛsɩ
  • Kabyle: Los Angeles
  • Kannada: ಲಾಸ್ ಎಂಜಲೀಸ್
  • Kannada: ಲೊಸ್ ಆಂಜೆಲೆಸ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Los Angeles
  • Kara-Kalpak: Los anjeles
  • Kara-Kalpak: Los-Andjeles
  • Karachay-Balkar: Лос-Анджелес
  • Kashmiri: لاس ایٚنٛجلِس
  • Kazakh: Лос Анжелес
  • Kazakh: Лос-Анджелес қаласы
  • Kazakh: Лос-Анджелес
  • Kazakh: Эл Эй
  • Khmer: Los Angeles
  • Khmer: ទីក្រុង Los Angeles
  • Khmer: ឡូស​អាន់​ជ័រ​លេស
  • Kikuyu: Los Angeles
  • Kirghiz: Лос А́нжелес
  • Kirghiz: Лос-Анжелес шаары
  • Kirghiz: Лос-Анжелес
  • Komering: Los Angeles
  • Korean: LA
  • Korean: 로스 앤젤레스
  • Korean: 로스앤젤레스
  • Korean: 로스엔젤레스
  • Korean: 엘에이
  • Kurdish: Los Angeles
  • Ladin: Los Angeles
  • Ladino: Los Anjeles
  • Lao: ລອສແອງເຈລິສ
  • Latin: Angeli
  • Latin: Angelopolis
  • Latvian: Losandželosa
  • Lezghian: Лос-Анджелес
  • Ligurian: Los Angeles
  • Limburgan: Los Angeles
  • Lingala: Los Angeles
  • Literary Chinese: 洛杉磯
  • Lithuanian: Los Andželas
  • Lombard: Los Angeles
  • Low German: Los Angeles
  • Lower Sorbian: Los Angeles
  • Luxembourgish: Los Angeles
  • Macedo-Romanian: Los Angeles
  • Macedonian: Лос Анџелес
  • Maithili: लस एन्जलस
  • Malagasy: Los Angeles
  • Malay: Los Angeles
  • Malayalam: ലോസ് ആഞ്ചെലെസ്
  • Maltese: Los Angeles
  • Manx: Los Angeles
  • Maori: Ngā Ānahera
  • Marathi: लॉस एंजेलस
  • Marathi: लॉस एंजेल्स
  • Mazanderani: لس آنجلس
  • Mazanderani: لوس آنجلس
  • Mesopotamian Arabic: لوس انجلس
  • Min Dong Chinese: Lŏk-săng-gĭ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Lo̍k-sam-ki
  • Minangkabau: Los Angeles
  • Mingrelian: ლოს-ანჯელესი
  • Mirandese: Los Angeles
  • Moksha: Лос Анджэлэс
  • Mongolian: Лос-Анжелес
  • Moroccan Arabic: لوس أنجلوس
  • Navajo: Ahééháshį́į́h
  • Neapolitan: Los Angeles
  • Nepali: लस एन्जलस
  • Newari: लस एञ्जिलस
  • Newari: लस एञ्जेल्स
  • Northern Frisian: Los Angeles
  • Northern Sami: Los Angeles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Los Angeles
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Los Angeles
  • Norwegian: Los Angeles
  • Novial: Los Angeles
  • Nyanja: Los Angeles
  • Occitan (post 1500): Los Angeles
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Enġelasburg on Californie
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Enġelasburg
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Enġelceaster
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Lōsandgelis
  • Oriya: ଲସ ଏଞ୍ଜେଲ୍ସ
  • Ossetian: Лос-Анджелес
  • Pampanga: Los Angeles, California
  • Pampanga: Los Angeles
  • Panjabi: ਲਾਸ ਐਂਜਲਸ
  • Papiamento: Los Angeles
  • Pennsylvania German: Los Angeles
  • Persian: لس آنجلس
  • Persian: لس‌آنجلس
  • Pfaelzisch: Los Angeles
  • Picard: Los Angeles
  • Piemontese: Los Angeles
  • Polish: L.A.
  • Polish: LA
  • Polish: Los Angeles
  • Portuguese: Cidade de Los Angeles
  • Portuguese: L.A.
  • Portuguese: LA, Califórnia
  • Portuguese: LA
  • Portuguese: Los Angeles, CA
  • Portuguese: Los Angeles, Califórnia
  • Portuguese: Los Angeles
  • Pushto: لاس انجلس
  • Quechua: Los Angeles
  • Romanian: LA
  • Romanian: Los Angeles
  • Romanian: Orașul Îngerilor
  • Romanian: Лос Анӂелес
  • Romansh: Los Angeles
  • Rundi: Los Angeles
  • Russia Buriat: Лос-Анджелес
  • Russian: Лос-Анджелес
  • Rusyn: Лос Анджелес
  • Rusyn: Лос Енджелс
  • Samogitian: Luos Andžels
  • Sango: Los Angeles
  • Sanskrit: लास एंजलस
  • Santali: ᱞᱚᱥ ᱮᱧᱡᱮᱞᱥ
  • Sardinian: L.A.
  • Sardinian: LA
  • Sardinian: Los Angeles
  • Sardinian: Los Ángeles
  • Saterfriesisch: Los Angeles
  • Scots: Los Angeles
  • Scottish Gaelic: Los Angeles
  • Serbian: L.A.
  • Serbian: LA, California
  • Serbian: LA
  • Serbian: Los Anđeles
  • Serbian: Град Анђела
  • Serbian: Град Лос Анђелес
  • Serbian: Дабл Дубукју
  • Serbian: Ел-Еј
  • Serbian: Крад наше даме краљице анђела мале порције
  • Serbian: Ла Ла ленд
  • Serbian: ЛА
  • Serbian: Лос Анђелес, Калифорнија
  • Serbian: Лос Анђелес
  • Serbian: Пинк Сити
  • Serbian: Розе град
  • Serbian: Тинсел Таун
  • Serbo-Croatian: Los Angeles
  • Sicilian: Los Angeles
  • Sicilian: Los Àngeles
  • Silesian: Los Angeles
  • Sindhi: لاس اينجلس
  • Sinhala: ලොස් ඇන්ජලීස්
  • Slovak: L.A.
  • Slovak: Los Angeles
  • Slovenian: City of Angels
  • Slovenian: L. A.
  • Slovenian: LA
  • Slovenian: Los Angeles, Kalifornija
  • Slovenian: Los Angeles
  • Slovenian: Mesto angelov
  • Somali: Los Angeles
  • South Azerbaijani: لوس‌آنجلس
  • Spanish: Ciudad de Los Angeles
  • Spanish: Ciudad de Los Ángeles
  • Spanish: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula
  • Spanish: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula
  • Spanish: L.A.
  • Spanish: LA
  • Spanish: Los Ángeles (California)
  • Spanish: Los Angeles
  • Spanish: Los Ángeles
  • Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles
  • Spanish: Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Ángeles
  • Spanish: Santa María de Los Ángeles
  • Sranan Tongo: Los Angeles
  • Sundanese: Los Angeles
  • Swahili: Los Angeles
  • Swedish: LA
  • Swedish: Los Angeles, Kalifornien
  • Swedish: Los Angeles
  • Swiss German: Los Angeles
  • Tagalog: Los Angeles
  • Tagalog: Lungsod ng Los Angeles
  • Tahitian: Los Angeles
  • Tajik: Лос Анҷелес
  • Talysh: Los Ančeles
  • Tamil: எல்.ஏ
  • Tamil: லாஸ் ஏஞ்சலஸ்
  • Tamil: லாஸ் ஏஞ்சலீஸ்
  • Tamil: லாஸ் ஏஞ்சலெஸ்
  • Tamil: லாஸ் ஏஞ்சல்ச், கலிபோர்னியா
  • Tamil: லாஸ் ஏஞ்சல்ஸ்
  • Tamil: லாஸ் ஏன்ஜெலெஸ்
  • Tamil: லொஸ் எஞ்சலீஸ்
  • Tamil: லொஸ் ஏஞ்சலீஸ்
  • Tatar: Los Angeles
  • Tatar: Los-Anceles
  • Tatar: Los-Andjeles
  • Tatar: Лос-Анджелес
  • Tatar: Лос-Әнҗелес
  • Telugu: లాస్ ఏంజలెస్
  • Telugu: లాస్ ఏంజిలస్
  • Telugu: లాస్ ఏంజిలెస్
  • Thai: นครลอส แองเจลิส
  • Thai: นครลอสแองเจลิส
  • Thai: นครลอสแองเจลีส
  • Thai: นครลอสแอนเจลิส
  • Thai: ลอส แองเจลลิส
  • Thai: ลอส แองเจลลีส
  • Thai: ลอส แองเจลิส
  • Thai: ลอส แองเจลีส
  • Thai: ลอสแองเจลลิส
  • Thai: ลอสแองเจลิส
  • Thai: ลอสแองเจลีส
  • Thai: ลอสแองเจอลิส
  • Thai: ลอสแองเจอลีส
  • Thai: ลอสแองเจิลลิส
  • Thai: ลอสแอนเจลลิส
  • Thai: ลอสแอนเจลิส
  • Thai: ลอสแอนเจลีส
  • Thai: แอลเอ
  • Tornedalen Finnish: LA
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Los Angeles, California
  • Tosk Albanian: Los Angeles
  • Tumbuka: City of Angels
  • Tumbuka: Double Dubuque
  • Tumbuka: L.A.
  • Tumbuka: La La Land
  • Tumbuka: LA, California
  • Tumbuka: LA
  • Tumbuka: Los Angeles, CA
  • Tumbuka: Los Angeles
  • Tumbuka: The town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the Little Portion
  • Tumbuka: Tinsel Town
  • Turkish: LA
  • Turkish: Los Angeles, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: Los Angeles
  • Turkmen: Los-Anjeles
  • Twi: Los Angeles
  • Udmurt: Лос-Анджелес
  • Uighur: Los Anjélés
  • Uighur: لوس ئانجېلېس
  • Uighur: لوس ئنجېلېش
  • Ukrainian: Лос-Анджелес (місто, Каліфорнія)
  • Ukrainian: Лос-Анджелес
  • Ukrainian: Лос-Анжелес
  • Upper Sorbian: Los Angeles
  • Urdu: لاس اینجلس
  • Uzbek: Los Anjeles
  • Uzbek: Los-Anjeles
  • Venetian: Los Angeles
  • Veps: Los Andželes
  • Vietnamese: Los Angeles
  • Vietnamese: Lốt An-giơ-lét
  • Vietnamese: Lốt
  • Vlaams: Los Angeles
  • Vlax Romani: Los Angeles
  • Volapük: Los Angeles
  • Waray (Philippines): Los Angeles
  • Welsh: Los Angeles
  • Western Armenian: Լոս Անճելըս
  • Western Armenian: Լոս Անճըլըս
  • Western Frisian: Los Angeles
  • Western Mari: Лос-Анджелес
  • Western Panjabi: لاس اینجلس
  • Wu Chinese: 洛杉矶
  • Yakut: Лос Андьелес
  • Yiddish: לאס אנדזשעלעס
  • Yoruba: Los Angeles
  • Yue Chinese: 洛杉磯
  • Zeeuws: Los Angeles
  • LA
  • Los Andžels
  • Los Angeles
  • ma tomo Ele
  • ma tomo Losansele
  • Лос Анӂелес
  • लॉस एंजिलिस

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