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Why is Los Angeles called city of angels?
Located in the south of California on the west coast of the United States, Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States after new york. It is a beautiful and dazzling coastal city on the west coast of the United States, with beautiful scenery and cosmopolitan style. Los Angeles is close to the coast of San Pedro Bay and Santa Monica Bay on the east side of the vast Pacific Ocean, and backed by the vast San Gabriel Mountain, with an area of 1200 square kilometers. The metropolitan area includes Los Angeles County, part of Orange County and Ventura County, and more than 80 towns such as Beverly Hills, Pasadena and Long Beach, with a total area of 10567 square kilometers. The city is located in an open basin surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on one side. Except for some hills, the ground is flat, with an average elevation of 84 meters, and the highest point, Elsie Peak, is 1549 meters. The year is sunny, dry and rainy, with a mild and pleasant climate, with an average temperature of about 12 degrees, 1 monthly average temperature 13.7 degrees, and an average temperature of 23.4 degrees in July. The annual precipitation is only 357mm, mainly winter rain.

1769 On August 2nd (the second day of Notre Dame Catholic Day), a Spanish expedition came here to find a place to open a church. 178 1 year, the town was built and called "Notre Dame de Maria", hereinafter referred to as "city of angels" (Spanish pronunciation translated as Los Angeles). Los Angeles was originally an idyllic village of Indians, and became a Spanish colony in 178 1. Americans first came here in 18 18. It belonged to Mexico in 182 1 year. 1846 After the US-Mexico War, it was ceded to the United States and became American territory. 1848 The "gold rush" in the west attracted a large number of immigrants. It was founded in 1850, and in the same year, California became the third1th state in the United States. At that time, the population of Los Angeles was only 1600.

1At the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 20th century, with the discovery of oil, Los Angeles began to rise and rapidly developed into the largest city in the western United States. After World War II, with the rise of modern industry, the prosperity of commerce, finance and tourism, the surge of immigrants and the continuous expansion of urban areas, Los Angeles has become a megacity in the United States. Now Los Angeles has become the largest petrochemical, marine, aerospace and electronic industrial base in the United States. It is one of the major science and technology centers in the United States, with the largest number of scientists and engineers in the United States and the title of "City of Science and Technology", where the famous Silicon Valley is located. In recent years, the financial industry and commerce in Los Angeles have also developed rapidly. Hundreds of banks have set up offices in Los Angeles, including many famous international consortia, such as Lockheed, Northrop and Rockwell. Los Angeles has become a financial center after new york.

In addition to developed industry and finance, Los Angeles is also the cultural and entertainment center of the United States. Endless beaches and bright sunshine, the famous "movie kingdom" Hollywood, the fascinating Disneyland and the beautiful Beverly Hills make Los Angeles a world-famous "movie city" and "tourist city". The downtown area of Los Angeles is vast and scattered, and the whole city is built on 10,000 small houses in Qian Qian. Among the trees, rows of courtyard-style buildings with elegant colors, exquisite shapes and different styles are all over the flat hills. There are dozens of tall buildings in the city center. Freeways and city streets crisscross like cobwebs, extending in all directions. The road area of Los Angeles accounts for about 30% of the city's area. It is the most developed city in the United States and the city with the most cars in the United States. Los Angeles is also very developed in culture and education. There are world-famous California Institute of Technology, UCLA, University of Southern California, Huntington Library and Getty Museum. The Los Angeles Public Library has the third largest collection in the United States. Los Angeles is also one of the few cities in the world that has hosted two Summer Olympics.