after New York City and Miami with over 4.6 million visitors as of 2019. It is the third-most visited city in the U.S. It covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km 2), and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimated 9.86 million residents as of 2022.

The majority of the city proper lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending partly through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to its east.

It is perhaps best known as the home of the Hollywood film industry. Los Angeles has a Mediterranean climate, an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and a sprawling metropolitan area. Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States after New York City, with a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020. It is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California.

'The Angels'), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in California, the most populous U.S. Los Angeles ( US: / l ɔː s ˈ æ n dʒ əl ə s/ ( listen) lawss AN-jəl-əs Spanish: Los Ángeles, lit.

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