LOS ANGELES

JATIN SINGH
Tables of Content
About Los Angeles
History
Economy
Culture
Sports
Government
Education
Reference
 About Los
Angeles
Los Angeles officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by
its initials L.A., is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of
Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of
3,971,883.

it is the second-most populous city in the United States (after

New York City) and the most populous city in California. Located
in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains
reaching up to and over 10,000 feet (3,000 m).

The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and
1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus
become the second city to have hosted the Games three times.
 History
The written history of Los Angeles city and county began with a
small Mexican town that changed little in the three decades
after 1848, when California became part of the United States.

By the time of the arrival of the Spanish in the 18th century

A.D., there were 250,000 to 300,000 native people in California
and 5,000 in the Los Angeles basin. Since contact with
Europeans, the people in what became Los Angeles were known
as Gabrielinos and Fernandeos, after the missions associated
with them
 Economy
The economy of Los Angeles is driven by international trade,
entertainment (television, motion pictures, video games, music
recording, and production), aer

Other significant industries include finance,

telecommunications, law, healthcare, and transportation.

Three of the six major film studiosParamount Pictures, 20th

Century Fox, and Universal Picturesare located within the city
limits.ospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, and
tourism.
 Culture
Los Angeles is often billed as the "Creative Capital of the World",
because one in every six of its residents works in a creative
industry and there are more artists, writers, filmmakers, actors,
dancers and musicians living and working in Los Angeles than
any other city at any time in history.

The city's Hollywood neighbourhood has become recognized as

the centre of the motion picture industry. Los Angeles plays host
to the annual Academy Awards and is the site of the USC School
of Cinematic Arts, the oldest film school in the United States
 Sports
The Los Angeles metropolitan area is home to several
professional and collegiate sports teams. The Greater Los
Angeles Area has nine major league professional teams.

The Los Angeles area is one of four metropolitan areas to host

two Major League Baseball teams.

Los Angeles boasts two NBA teams, the Los Angeles Lakers and
the Los Angeles Clippers.

The region has two National Football League (NFL) teams: the Los
Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams.
Government
Los Angeles is a charter city as opposed to a general law city.
The current charter was adopted on June 8, 1999 and has been
amended many times since then.

The elected government consists of the Los Angeles City

Council and the Mayor of Los Angeles which operate under a
mayor-council government, as well as the city attorney and
controller.

City of Los Angeles ratified by voters in 1999 created a system

of advisory neighborhood councils that would represent the
diversity of stakeholders, defined as those who live, work or
own property in the neighborhood.
 Education

The Charter of the There are three public universities located

within the city limits: California State University, Los Angeles
(CSULA), California State University, Northridge (CSUN) and
University of California, Los Angeles.

Private colleges in the city include the American Film Institute

Conservatory, Alliant International University, Syracuse
University (Los Angeles Campus), American Academy of
Dramatic Arts (Los Angeles Campus), American Jewish
University,
Reference

http://uspopulation2017.com/population-los-angeles
-2017.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles