Los Angeles - L.A.
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About Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California and the second
largest in the United States.
Often abbreviated as L.A.
Nickname The City of Angels.
Los Angeles was founded September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor
Felipe de Neve.
The current mayor is Antonio Villaraigosa.
Population.
By 1900, the population had grown to more than 102,000
people
Now Los Angeles has a population of 12,9 million people.
The history of Los Angeles.
In the 1870s, Los Angeles was still little more than a village
of 5,000.
By 1900, there were over 100,000 occupants of the city.
The first railroad, San Pedro Railroad, in what is today Los
Angeles was inaugurated in October 1869
The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by