On September 4, 1781, a group of 44 settlers known as "Los Pobladores" founded the pueblo (town) they called El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles, … See more

Topography
The city of Los Angeles covers a total area of 502.7 square miles (1,302 km ), comprising 468.7 square miles (1,214 km ) of land and 34.0 … See more

The economy of Los Angeles is driven by international trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, video games, music recording, … See more

Los Angeles and its metropolitan area are the home of eleven top-level professional sports teams, several of which play in neighboring communities but use Los Angeles in their … See more

Indigenous history
The settlement of Indigenous Californians in the modern Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley was dominated by the Tongva (now also known as the Gabrieleño since the era of Spanish colonization). The … See more

The 2010 U.S. census reported Los Angeles had a population of 3,792,621. The population density was 8,092.3 people per square mile (3,124.5 people/km ). The age distribution was 874,525 people (23.1%) under 18, 434,478 people … See more

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 … See more