LOS ANGELES (LA)

LOS ANGELES (LA) - Los Angeles, with a population of as many as 3.792.621 inhabitants according 2006 Census United States 2010, is the most populous city in the State of California, and the second most populous city in the United States, after New York City. The breadth of reach 468.67 square miles (1, 213.8 km2), and is located in Southern California. Famous initials L.A., the city is the main point of metropolitan Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana area of Los Angeles and the region of Kingdom, inhabited by 12.828.837 and almost 18 million in 2010, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second largest in the United States. Los Angeles is also the capital of the County of Los Angeles, one of the densest and most diverse county ethnic in the United States, while the rest of the Los Angeles area alone is recognized as the most diverse large city in the country. Residents of the city of Los Angeles called "Angelenos".

Los Angeles was founded September 4, 1781 by Governor of Spain Felipe de Neve. The city became a part of Mexico in 1821 after Mexico's independence War. In 1848, at the end of the war of the Mexico-United States, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles Unified into a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California got the status of the State.

Nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is a world center of business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, and education, and is the leading city of the world's third richest and the most powerful and influential of the fifth in the world. The city is the site of various institutions that cover a variety of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most important economic engine in the United States. Combined statistical area (CSA) Los Angeles has a gross metropolitan product (PMB) valued at $ 831 billion (in 2008), making it the third largest economic center in the world, after the metropolitan area of Tokyo and New York. As a base, the city is known as the "Entertainment capital of the world", leading the creation of television production, video games, and music recordings. The entertainment business in this city encourages many celebrities lived in Los Angeles and its suburbs. In addition, Los Angeles never hosted the summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984.

If go los angeles jengan forgot to go to the following locations:

• Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard, also known as the heart of Hollywood. where this road is a road that shows the artist's world

• The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

One of the largest art museum in the u.s. features many works of art world from prehistoric times to the present, in this museum many show a variety of art that shook the world.

• Universal Studios Hollywood

Studio Tour takes visitors to the backstage film studio, studio featuring various hollywood stars, movie world, a world of artists and much more.

• Disneyland Resort

Timeless by time and age such as Mickey Mouse, Disney parks is not to lose the appeal until now. playgrounds worldwide, featuring the stars of the cartoon world.

• Catalina Island

Retreat with a peaceful atmosphere and away from the hustle and bustle of the big city DINING. the stunning island that entice a lot of surfing, as well as the island of fishermen