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Tongva Sacred Springs

The Tongva Sacred Springs 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.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: water springs in California, United States
  • Also known as: “Gabrieleno-Tongva Springs”, “Koruuvanga”, “Kuruvungna Sacred Springs”, “Kuruvungna Springs”, “Sacred Springs”, “Serra Springs”, “Tongva Holy Springs”, and “Wounded Deer Springs”
  • Address: 1439 South Barrington Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University Senior High School and Nuart Theatre.

School
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University High School Charter, commonly known as Uni, is a public secondary school, built 1923–1924, and founded 1924, located in West Los Angeles, a district in , , near the city's border with . is situated 600 feet west of Tongva Sacred Springs.

Movie theater
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The is an art-house in , California, United States. It is the flagship location of the Landmark Theatres chain in the United States. is situated 3,000 feet east of Tongva Sacred Springs.

Theater building
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The , a historic live theater, is located in the Sawtelle community of West Los Angeles, California, within the 388-acre West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs complex. is situated 3,400 feet north of Tongva Sacred Springs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sawtelle and Brentwood.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in , on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. The short-lived City of grew around the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, later the Veterans Home, and was incorporated as a city in 1899.

Suburb
is a primarily residential neighborhood in the , part of the Westside area of the .

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 …

Tongva Sacred Springs

Latitude
34.04494° or 34° 2′ 42″ north
Longitude
-118.45777° or 118° 27′ 28″ west
Operator
Gabrielino Tongva Springs Foundation
Open location code
85632GVR+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 438256805
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q7455190
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tongva Sacred Springs”. Photo: Jengod, CC BY-SA 3.0.