Map showing the City of Los Angeles (yellow) within the County of Los Angeles and its interconnected freeway system.
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Charter City
Incorporated: April 4, 1850
City Hall: 200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, California 90012
Website: www.lacity.org
Population (2020 Census): 3,898,747 (Also see latest State Population Estimates and Earlier decennial Census Counts).
Population Under Age 18 (2020 Census): 19.3%
Population Density (2020 Census): 8,304.2 persons per square mile
Housing Units: 1,496,453
Persons Per Housing Unit: 2.6
Land Area: 469.49 square miles (1,215.98 square kilometers)
Water Area: 32.06 square miles (83.03 square kilometers)
Total Area: 501.55 square miles (1,299.01 square kilometers)
Geographic Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude): 34.019394 -118.410825
Individual Communities of the City of Los Angeles
City of Los Angeles and its neighborhoods. Los Angeles Almanac Map.
Other Facts & Statistics for the City of Los Angeles
The original name as given by the original residents was believed to be Wenot because of the large river in the vicinity. A village called Yang-na existed where the Los Angeles Civic Center now lies. The name Los Angeles comes from the name given to what is now the Los Angeles River by the Gaspar de Portola expedition that camped on its banks in 1769. The river was named by the Spaniards El Rio Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula (The River of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula). Twelve years later, Spanish California’s military governor, Felipe de Neve, founded a new settlement on that campsite near the river and named it El Pueblo de la Reyna de los Angeles (The Town of the Queen of the Angels). The name was eventually shortened to Los Angeles.
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