14 facts about Los Angeles city

  1. Los Angeles is regarded as the entrepreneurial capital of the world. It has about 200,000 small businesses, which is twice as many small businesses that can be found in any other region of the United States.
  2. Twenty-four million people come to Los Angeles every year for their vacation.Los Angeles city
  3. The world’s 18th largest economy is the Los Angeles County. If the Los Angeles County was to be regarded as a state, it would be the fourth largest in US.
  4. The Los Angeles five-county area has a population of almost 20 million. It includes Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino Counties.
  5. LA would be the ninth largest state in US when ranked on the basis of population ahead of any other state of US except for California, Texas, and New York.
  6. The city flower is the bird of paradise and the city tree is the coral tree.
  7. LA County is also the 11th largest economy in the world with regard to the Gross Domestic Product and falls ahead of Netherlands, South Korea, and Mexico and is just behind Canada, China, and Spain.
  8. Despite its image of an oasis with water and palm trees everywhere, Los Angeles is more like a desert, with an annual rainfall of only 15 inches (38 cm).
  9. The ‘bird of paradise’ is the LA city flower and the LA city tree is the ‘coral tree’.
  10. Los Angeles has some 90 stage theaters and more than 300 museums, which is greater than any other city in the US.
  11. City residents are typically called Angelenos (rhymes with casinos).
  12. One of the busiest ports in the world is the Los Angeles port, which is an important business and commercial center.
  13. When Los Angeles was founded in 1781, it was called ‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de la Porciuncula’, which translated to ‘Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angeles of the Small Portion’. At that time, there were only 44 people or 14 families living there. The population grew and the name shrank to ‘Los Angeles’.
  14. Los Angeles is known by a number of nicknames: L.A. - City of Angels - Southland - Lalaland.
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