Los Angeles, California |
Metropolitan City |
City of Los Angeles |
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Nickname(s): "L.A.", "City of Angels",[1]"Angeltown",[2] "The Entertainment Capital of the World", "The Big Orange",[1] "La-la-land", "Tinseltown"[1] |

Location in Los Angeles County in the state of California |
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Location in the United States |
Coordinates: 34°03′N 118°15′WCoordinates: 34°03′N 118°15′W |
Country |
United States |
State |
California |
County |
Los Angeles
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CSA |
Los Angeles-Long Beach |
MSA |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim |
Pueblo |
September 4, 1781[3] |
Incorporated |
April 4, 1850[4] |
Named for |
Our Lady, Queen of the Angels |
Government |
• Type |
Mayor-Council-Commission[5] |
• Body |
Los Angeles City Council |
• Mayor |
Eric Garcetti[6] |
• City Attorney |
Mike Feuer[6] |
• City Controller |
Ron Galperin[6] |
Area[7] |
• Metropolitan City |
502.76 sq mi (1,302.15 km2) |
• Land |
468.74 sq mi (1,214.03 km2) |
• Water |
34.02 sq mi (88.12 km2) 6.7% |
Elevation[8] |
305 ft (93 m) |
Highest elevation[9] |
5,074 ft (1,547 m) |
Lowest elevation[9] |
0 ft (0 m) |
Population (2010)[10] |
• Metropolitan City |
3,792,621 |
• Estimate (2016)[11] |
3,976,322 |
• Rank |
1st, California
2nd, U.S. |
• Density |
8,483.02/sq mi (3,275.32/km2) |
• Urban[12] |
12,150,996 |
• Metro[13] |
13,131,431 |
• CSA[14] |
18,679,763 (US: 2nd) |
Demonym(s) |
Angeleno |
Time zone |
Pacific (UTC−8) |
• Summer (DST) |
PDT (UTC−7) |
ZIP codes |
90001–90068, 90070–90084, 90086–90089, 90091, 90093–90097, 90099, 90101–90103, 90174, 90185, 90189, 90291–90293, 91040–91043, 91303–91308, 91342–91349, 91352–91353, 91356–91357, 91364–91367, 91401–91499, 91601–91609 |
Area codes |
213/323, 310/424, 747/818 |
FIPS code |
06-44000 |
GNIS feature IDs |
1662328, 2410877 |
Website |
Official website |
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