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The Tongva people called the Los Angeles region Yaa in that tongue. [10] By the 1700s CE, there were 250,000 to 300,000 native people in California and 5,000 in the Los Angeles basin. The land occupied and used by the Tongva covered about 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2).
San Fernando Valley, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California; San Gabriel Valley, Southern California, lying generally to the east of the city of Los Angeles. San Jacinto Valley, in south western Riverside County, California; San Juan Valley, a valley in southeastern Utah, sometimes called the Dry Valley
Felipe de Neve, founder of Los Angeles and 4th Governor of the Californias.. Los pobladores del pueblo de los Ángeles (English: The townspeople of Los Angeles) refers to the 44 original settlers and 4 soldiers from New Spain (Spanish Mexico) who founded the Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles in 1781, which is now the present-day city of Los Angeles, California.
Los Angeles. Entertainment Capital of the World; L.A. El Lay [60] The Angels (literal Spanish translation) Angeltown [61] The Big Orange [9] City of Angels [9] [62] – based partially on the literal translation of the city's original historical full name from the Spanish language-- "The City of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels". City of ...
Governor de Neve took his assignment seriously and had a complete set of maps and plans drawn up by May 1780 for the layout and settlement of the new pueblo, including the placement of government houses, town houses, the church, the fields, the farms, and access to the river – the Instrucción and the Reglamento para el gobierno de la Provincia de Californias.
Los Angeles International Airport, the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area; Los Angeles-class submarine, a boat class; USS Los Angeles (ID-1470), a tanker in commission from 1917 to 1919; USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), an airship in commission from 1924 to 1932; USS Los Angeles (CA-135), a heavy cruiser in commission from 1945 to 1963
Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.With an estimated 3,820,914 residents within the city limits as of 2023, [8] it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.
The City of Los Angeles is the most populous city in California, and the second most populous in the United States. City of Los Angeles may also refer to: Government of Los Angeles, the government of the city of Los Angeles; City of Los Angeles, a train