Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States after New York. It is located in the southern state of California, on the Pacific coast. Americans often call it by its nickname, LA, pronounced [ˌɛleɪ]. This city is the county seat of the same name. Los Angeles means "the angels" in Spanish and its inhabitants are called Angelenos (sometimes Angelinos) - the Angelins. His full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula, that is to say, "The Village of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the river Porciuncula", the name given to the river by Indians
According to the Census Bureau of the United States, the population of the municipality is 3,792,621 inhabitants in 2010, when she was only 11,500 in 1887 County collects 10,179,716 inhabitants while the area urban Los Angeles has about 18.5 million people, making it the second largest city in the United States after New York. But the Los Angeles is relatively small against the angeline agglomeration, even if it is larger than New York and Chicago. Los Angeles is an Olympic city: it has hosted the Games twice (1932 and 1984). World famous for its cultural activities (Hollywood), it intends to maintain its status as a global city-region (world city-region). LA is cosmopolitan and remains one of the entry points of the largest in the United States immigrants.
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