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Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the largest city in the US state of California, but its capital is Sacramento. However, it is the capital of the county with the same name and with Hollywood the world's capital of the film and television industry.

Palm tree in front of a white building with many windows.
Los Angeles building detail against a blue sky.
Hollywood Super Mart and Kettle Glazed in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles County is home to over 10 million people, 41 of the 50 US states have fewer inhabitants.

Unlike cities like Tokyo or New York, L.A. does not have so many skyscrapers and high-rise buildings. The cityscape of the metropolis is more characterized by low-rise buildings.

Woman walking dog in front of building with many windows.
Man reading newspaper in front of apartment building.
Hollywood High School football field with goalposts and soccer goal.
Tan brick building with a dark metal fire escape.
Los Angeles church tower with red AIDS ribbons.
Los Angeles street scene with a billboard for 'The Affair,' a 7-Eleven, and a coin laundry.
Los Angeles building with banana tree and hedge.
Red sports car parked in front of a tan apartment building.
Black and white photo of a building's exterior wall with boarded-up windows, a cross drawn on the wall, and shadows cast by a palm tree and utility pole.
The Pacific Theatre in Los Angeles, with a tall radio tower in the background.
Person walking a dog in front of a light-green brick building with a large tree in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles street scene with a food market, pedestrians crossing, and a building with 'FOOTE ROY' on its roof.
Yellow Hollywood City Tours van parked in front of Stefano's Two Guys From Italy restaurant.
Los Angeles street scene with a Rusty Mullet restaurant and a large billboard advertising a Facebook Live show.
The Pacific Theatre in Los Angeles, showing its aged marquee and building.
Hollywood Boulevard street scene with Doner King restaurant and Hollywood signage.
Hollywood street scene with tall building and palm trees.
Los Angeles building with art deco details and storefront art.
Los Angeles Chinatown archway with faded 'Chinatown' sign.
Bronze statue of a seated man in Chinatown, in front of a building with a Golden Dragon Gifts sign.
Empty Chinatown street with red lanterns and benches.
Chinatown wishing well fountain with small statues and cascading water.
Chinatown train station sign with large plume of black smoke in the background.
Tracy's Beauty Salon in California, storefront with Asian text and posters.
LAX airport sign with a plane overhead.

Los Angeles has several airports, the largest and most important is Los Angeles International Airport, which has the IATA abbreviation LAX. With over 80 million passengers per year, it is one of the largest airports in the world in terms of passenger volume.

Black and white photo of a large airplane landing.
Airplane tail and wing behind a concrete wall at LAX airport.
Red and yellow airplane tail fin over a concrete wall.
Airplane landing over a Los Angeles street.

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