Los Angeles (also known as LA and City of Angels) is a city in the United States in southern California, located on the Pacific coast. The largest population in the state and the second - in the country (as of July 1, 2009 - 3,831,868 inhabitants). The city is the administrative center of the district of the same name, as well as the center of Greater Los Angeles - an agglomeration with a population of over 17 million people. Residents of Los Angeles are called "Angelenos".
Los Angeles is one of the world's largest cultural, scientific, economic and educational centers. The city is also one of the world's largest centers of the entertainment industry in the field of cinema, music, television, computer games.