Los Angeles

1. Los Angeles

Los Angeles

2.

• Los Angeles officially the City of Los
Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is
the second-largest city in the United
States after New York City, the most populous
city in the state of California, and
the county seat of Los Angeles County.

3. The name Los Angeles is Spanish for the Angels.

4. Los Angeles has the only remaining wooden lighthouse in the world. It is located in Fermin Park in San Pedro.

5.

• The population of Los Angeles is about four million
people. Los Angeles ranks as the second largest city
in the nation behind New York City, In Los Angeles
there are people from about 140
countries^speaking approximately 86 different
languages .

6.

• Primarily a desert basin, the area is surrounded by
the San Gabriel Mountain range and divided by the
Santa Monica Mountains

7.

• There are such rivers as the Los Angeles, the Rio
Hondo, the San Gabriel and the Ventura rivers.

8. Governor de Neve's statue stands today at the Plaza of Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles

9.

• Los Angeles is the entertainment capital of the
world, a cultural centre which has more than 300
museums and a paradise of good weather.