Chinatown

Chinatown is a neighborhood in , California, that became a commercial center for Chinese and other Asian businesses in Central Los Angeles in 1938.
Wikipedia
Photo: J3ff, Public domain.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Chinatown, Los Angeles”, “L.A. Chinatown”, and “Los Angeles Chinatown”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chinatown station and Chavez Ravine.

Railway station
is an elevated light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located along above College Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of , just north of .

Stadium
Photo: Frederick Dennstedt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Railway station
Photo: David Wilson, CC BY 2.0.
Los Angeles is the main railroad station in , California, and the largest passenger rail terminal in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naud Junction and Civic Center.

Locality
was an area in northern , . It was located at the junction of Main Street and Alameda Street, where Southern Pacific Railroad trains veered off Alameda to tracks along Alhambra Avenue and the .

Quarter
Photo: Brion VIBBER, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The district of , Los Angeles, California, is the administrative core of the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, and a complex of city, county, state, and federal government offices, buildings, and courthouses.

Quarter
Photo: Geographer, CC BY 2.5.
is a neighborhood in . It is part of . Historically, was a large hill that separated the Victorian-era Downtown from the western end of the city.

Chinatown

Latitude
34.06384° or 34° 3′ 50″ north
Longitude
-118.23587° or 118° 14′ 9″ west
Open location code
85633Q77+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7310117324
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q2555601
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Urdu—“Chinatown” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Çaynataun (Los-Anceles)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çaynataun”
  • Basque: “Chinatown”
  • Chinese: “唐人街”
  • Chinese: “洛杉矶华埠”
  • Chinese: “洛杉磯中國城”
  • Chinese: “洛杉磯唐人街”
  • Chinese: “洛杉磯新华埠”
  • Dutch: “Chinatown”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉina Kvartalo”
  • Finnish: “Chinatown”
  • French: “Chinatown”
  • French: “Quartier chinois de Los Angeles”
  • German: “Chinatown”
  • Italian: “Chinatown di Los Angeles”
  • Italian: “Chinatown”
  • Japanese: “チャイナタウン (ロサンゼルス)”
  • Japanese: “チャイナタウン”
  • Japanese: “ロサンゼルス中華街”
  • Persian: “چایناتاون، لس آنجلس”
  • Persian: “چایناتاون”
  • Polish: “Chinatown”
  • Portuguese: “Chinatown”
  • Scots: “Chinatown, Los Angeles”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چیناتوون، لوس آنجلس”
  • Spanish: “Chinatown (Los Ángeles)”
  • Spanish: “Chinatown”
  • Turkish: “Chinatown”
  • Ukrainian: “Чайнатаун (Лос-Анджелес)”
  • Ukrainian: “Чайнатаун”
  • Urdu: “چائنا ٹاؤن، لاس اینجلس”

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Notable Places Nearby

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