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La Puente (Spanish for "The Bridge") [6] is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city had a population of 39,816 at the 2010 census and is approximately 20 miles (32 km) east of downtown Los Angeles .
North of La Puente is West Covina which is 26% Asian [5] and south of La Puente is Hacienda Heights which is 36% Asian [2] Hacienda Heights is home to the Hsi Lai Temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the United States. [6] [7] The temple encompasses 15 acres (61,000 m 2) and a floor area of 102,432 sq ft (9,516.2 m 2).
Puente Hills Mall, located in City of Industry, California, United States, is a major regional shopping center in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County. It is most notable for serving as the filming site for the Twin Pines/Lone Pine Mall for the 1985 movie Back to the Future starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd .
The Puente Hills are a chain of hills, one of the lower Transverse Ranges, in an unincorporated area in eastern Los Angeles County, California, in the United States. The western end of the range is often referred to locally as the Whittier Hills.
The Mexican land grant Rancho La Puente was granted by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to John Rowland in April 1842, totaling about 18,000 acres (7,284 ha). Three years later, Governor Pio Pico amended the grant, enlarging it to nearly 49,000 acres (19,830 ha) and adding William Workman as a co-owner.
La Puente — located in the San Gabriel Valley, in eastern Los Angeles County, California. Subcategories. ... Hacienda La Puente Unified School District; L.
Puente Hills Landfill and Hacienda Heights Puente Hills Landfill was the largest landfill in the United States , rising 500 feet (150 meters) high and covering 700 acres (2.8 km 2 ). [ 1 ] Originally opened in 1957 in a back canyon in the Puente Hills, the landfill was made to meet the demands of urbanization and waste-disposal east of Los Angeles.
The first Donut Hole opened in 1963, in La Puente, California. According to one source, the shop in La Puente was the second to open, in 1968, and was followed by three others. [ 2 ] However, various sources disagree and date the building's original construction from 1947 [ 3 ] to 1958 [ 4 ] to 1962. [ 5 ]