2. Where is Los Angles?
■ L.A. is located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three
sides by mountains reaching up to and over 10,000 feet,
Los Angeles covers an area of about 469 square miles.
■ Los Angeles is the center of the Los Angeles metropolitan
area
3. Population
■ Los Angeles had an official population at the 2010 census of 3,792,621.The population
in 2016 is estimated to be just over 4 million.
5. Fun Fact
■ When LA was founded, the city’s full name was “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora Reina de
los Angeles sobre el Rio Porciuncula.”
6. What is LosAngles is known for?
■ Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean
climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling
metropolis.
■ Los Angeles is also famous as the home of
Hollywood, a major center of the world
entertainment industry.
8. One important landmark in L.A. is the “Hollywood
Walk of Fame”
■ The HollywoodWalk of Fame comprises more than 2,600 five-pointed terrazzo and
brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and
three blocks ofVine Street in Hollywood, California.The stars are permanent public
monuments to achievement in the entertainment industry, bearing the names of a mix
of actors, musicians, directors, producers, musical and theatrical groups, fictional
characters, and others.TheWalk of Fame is administered by the Hollywood Chamber
of Commerce and maintained by the self-financing Hollywood HistoricTrust. It is a
popular tourist destination, with a reported 10 million visitors in 2003.
9. Popular Landmarks
■ More popular landmarks are:Walt Disney Concert Hall,Capitol Records Building, the
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels,Angels Flight, Grumman's ChineseTheatre, Dolby
Theatre, Griffith Observatory, Getty Center, GettyVilla, the Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum, the Los Angeles County Museum ofArt, theVenice Canal Historic District
and boardwalk,Theme Building, Bradbury Building, U.S. BankTower,Wilshire Grand
Center, Hollywood Boulevard, LosAngeles City Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Battleship USS
Iowa,WattsTowers, Staples Center, Dodger Stadium, and Olvera Street.
10. Who found L.A.
■ The one person most responsible for the founding of Los Angeles was the new
Governor of California, Felipe de Neve. In 1777 Neve toured Alta California and decided
to establish civic pueblos for the support of the military presidios.
