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Torrance

Torrance is a city in the region of Los Angeles County, in . Even though it is one of the larger suburbs of Los Angeles, it is overlooked by the throngs of tourists that visit LA.
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  • Type: City with 142,000 residents
  • Description: city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Torrance, CA” and “Torrance, California”
  • Postal codes: 90501-90510
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Madrona Marsh and Little Company of Mary Hospital.

Nature reserve
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 1.0.
The Preserve, in the city of Torrance in the South Bay region of , is a seasonal Delta wetland with vernal pools. The 43 acres was a former site of oil wells and is one of the few natural areas remaining within an urban landscape.

Hospital
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center is a Roman Catholic in Torrance, , . The hospital was founded by the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, and is part of the Providence Health & Services system.

Commercial area
Photo: Rjung2k, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a three-level regional in Torrance, California, United States. It is managed and co-owned by Simon Property Group.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Redondo Beach and Lomita.

Photo: brewbooks, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a coastal city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located in the region of the Greater Los Angeles area. It is one of three adjacent beach cities along the southern portion of .

Town
Photo: Lomita, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in Los Angeles County, , United States. The population was 20,921 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 20,256 at the 2010 census.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood in south Torrance in southern , United States. It is bounded by Crenshaw Boulevard on the east, Pacific Coast Highway on the north, Vista Montana to the west; and approximately Newton Street, Blair Way, Winlock Road and Rolling Hills Way to the south.

Torrance

Latitude
33.8371° or 33° 50′ 14″ north
Longitude
-118.3414° or 118° 20′ 29″ west
Population
142,000
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
IATA airport code
TOA
United Nations Location Code
US TOA
Open location code
8553RMP5+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150947529
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5403022
Wiki­data ID
Q489197
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yakut—“Torrance” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “توررانسي”
  • Armenian: “Տորրանս”
  • Asturian: “Torrance, California”
  • Asturian: “Torrance”
  • Basque: “Torrance”
  • Belarusian: “Торанс”
  • Bengali: “টরেন্স”
  • Bulgarian: “Торънс”
  • Catalan: “Torrance”
  • Cebuano: “Torrance”
  • Central Kurdish: “تۆرانس”
  • Chechen: “Торренс”
  • Chinese: “托倫斯”
  • Chinese: “托兰斯”
  • Chinese: “托蘭斯”
  • Croatian: “Torrance, Kalifornija”
  • Croatian: “Torrance”
  • Czech: “Torrance”
  • Dagbani: “Torrance”
  • Danish: “Torrance”
  • Dutch: “Torrance”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تورانسى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “توررانس”
  • Esperanto: “Torrance”
  • Finnish: “Torrance”
  • French: “Torrance”
  • German: “Torrance”
  • Gilaki: “تؤرانس”
  • Greek: “Τόρανς”
  • Gujarati: “ટોરેન્સ”
  • Haitian: “Torrance, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Torrance”
  • Hebrew: “טוראנס”
  • Hebrew: “טורנס”
  • Hindi: “टोररेंस”
  • Hungarian: “Torrance”
  • Indonesian: “Torrance, California”
  • Indonesian: “Torrance”
  • Irish: “Torrance, California”
  • Irish: “Torrance”
  • Italian: “Torrance”
  • Japanese: “トーランス”
  • Japanese: “トーランス市”
  • Kannada: “ಟಾರ್ರೆನ್ಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Торранс”
  • Korean: “토런스”
  • Ladin: “Torrance”
  • Latvian: “Torrance”
  • Latvian: “Torrensa”
  • Lithuanian: “Torensas”
  • Lithuanian: “Torrance”
  • Malagasy: “Torrance, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Torrance”
  • Malay: “Torrance”
  • Marathi: “टॉरन्स”
  • Marathi: “टोरान्स”
  • Mazanderani: “تورنس (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “تورنس”
  • Newari: “टोरान्स, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “टोरान्स”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torrance”
  • Norwegian: “Torrance”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Torratūn on Californie”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Torratūn”
  • Persian: “تورانس، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “تورانس”
  • Persian: “تورنس”
  • Polish: “Torrance”
  • Portuguese: “Torrance”
  • Romanian: “Torrance, California”
  • Romanian: “Torrance”
  • Russian: “Торранс”
  • Russian: “Торренс”
  • Scots: “Torrance”
  • Serbian: “Torans”
  • Serbian: “Torrance”
  • Serbian: “Торанс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Torrance, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Torrance”
  • Silesian: “Torrance”
  • Sinhala: “ටොරන්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Torrance”
  • Slovenian: “Torrance”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تورانس، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Torrance (California)”
  • Spanish: “Torrance”
  • Swahili: “Torrance, California”
  • Swahili: “Torrance”
  • Swedish: “Torrance”
  • Tagalog: “Torrance, California”
  • Tagalog: “Torrance”
  • Talysh: “Torrans”
  • Tamil: “டாரன்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Торанс”
  • Telugu: “టొర్రన్స్”
  • Thai: “ทอรแรนซ”
  • Turkish: “Torrance, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Torrance”
  • Ukrainian: “Торренс”
  • Urdu: “ٹورنس، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Torrance”
  • Uzbek: “Торранcе”
  • Venetian: “Torrance”
  • Vietnamese: “Torrance, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Torrance”
  • Volapük: “Torrance”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Torrance, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Torrance”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹورینس”
  • Yakut: “Торранс”
  • “Torrance”
  • “Torrance (Califòrgna)”

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