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Title: History, Climate,Religion, Economy and Languages in los Angeles


1
LOS ANGELES
  • JATIN SINGH

2
Tables of Content
  • About Los Angeles
  • History
  • Economy
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Government
  • Education
  • Reference

3
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.

4
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 Fernandeños, after the missions
    associated with them

5
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.

6
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

7
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.

8
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.

9
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,

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Reference
  • http//uspopulation2017.com/population-los-angeles
    -2017.html
  • https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
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