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Greater Los Angeles is a politically divided metropolitan area. During the 1970s and 1980s, the region leaned toward the Republican Party. Los Angeles County, the most populous of the region, is a Democratic stronghold, although it voted twice for both Richard Nixon (1968 and 1972) and Ronald Reagan (1980 and 1984).
The Los Angeles–Anaheim–Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) covers 33,954 square miles (87,940 km 2), making it the largest metropolitan region in the United States by land area. The contiguous urban area is 2,281 square miles (5,910 km 2 ), whereas the remainder mostly consists of mountain and desert areas.
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area (the second most populous urban agglomeration in the United States) as well as the Inland Empire (another large metropolitan area).
English: Location map of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area — which encompasses Los Angeles County and Orange County in Southern California. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 120.0 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 34.86° N. S: 33.28° N. W: 119.10° W. E: 117.30° W. This map was created with GeoTools. Date.
The Los Angeles basin and metropolitan area are also at risk from blind thrust earthquakes. Major earthquakes that have hit the Los Angeles area include the 1933 Long Beach, 1971 San Fernando, 1987 Whittier Narrows, and the 1994 Northridge events. All but a few are of low intensity and are not felt.
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past.It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas.
The 387 metropolitan statistical areas of the United States; Metropolitan statistical area 2023 estimate 2020 census % change Encompassing combined statistical area New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY-NJ MSA: 19,498,249 20,081,935 −2.91%: New York–Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA: Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA MSA: 12,799,100 13,200,998 − ...
91324–25; 91327–30 [1] Area code (s) 818 and 747. Northridge is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. The community is home to California State University, Northridge, and the Northridge Fashion Center . Originally named Zelzah by settlers in 1908, the community was renamed North Los Angeles in 1929 ...