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 most populous city in the state of California and the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York. Located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 10000ft, Los Angeles covers an area of about 469sqmi The city is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles metropolitan area and the Greater Los Angeles Area region, which contain 13 million and over 18 million people, respectively, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world as well as the second-largest in the United States and the densest urban area in the United States. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos.