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Los Angeles

California, United States
Also known as: City of Angels, El Pueblo de la Reina de los Angeles(Show More)
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Leonard M. Pitt
Emeritus Professor of History, California State University, Northridge. Author of The Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californians, 1846-1890. Co-author of Los...
Leonard M. Pitt
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Los Angeles , city, seat of Los Angeles county, southern California, U.S. It is the second most populous city and metropolitan area (after New York City) in the United States. The city sprawls across a broad coastal plain situated between mountains and the Pacific Ocean; the much larger Los Angeles county, which encompasses the city, contains some 90 other incorporated cities, including Beverly Hills, Pasadena, and Long Beach. The county also encompasses two of the...

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