The ‘City of Angels’, more popularly known as Los Angeles or LA, is a fantastic place to live in. Located on the Western coast of US, this place has always fascinated visitors and attracts millions of them annually. The original site of the popular television series ‘Baywatch’, LA has a long coastline that is dotted with a number of beaches that are the ideal combination of sun, sand and sea. Besides, LA has a number of museums, salubrious climate and a great deal of opportunity for prosperity. Want to know more about Los Angeles? Read the following interesting facts about Los Angeles and increase your knowledge.
Fun Facts about Los Angeles
- The world’s 18th largest economy is the Los Angeles County. If the Los Angeles County was to be regarded as a state, it would be the fourth largest in US.
- Los Angeles is regarded as the entrepreneurial capital of the world. It has about 200,000 small businesses, which is twice as many small businesses that can be found in any other region of the United States.
- LA County is also the 11th largest economy in the world with regard to the Gross Domestic Product and falls ahead of Netherlands, South Korea, and Mexico and is just behind Canada, China, and Spain.
- LA would be the ninth largest state in US when ranked on the basis of population ahead of any other state of US except for California, Texas, and New York.
- Los Angeles has some 90 stage theaters and more than 300 museums, which is greater than any other city in the US.
- The ‘bird of paradise’ is the LA city flower and the LA city tree is the ‘coral tree’.
- When Los Angeles was founded in 1781, it was called ‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de la Porciuncula’, which translated to ‘Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angeles of the Small Portion’. At that time, there were only 44 people or 14 families living there. The population grew and the name shrank to ‘Los Angeles’.
- One of the busiest ports in the world is the Los Angeles port, which is an important business and commercial center.
- The top 10 industries in LA are Business and Professional Management Services; Health Services; Tourism; International Trade; Wholesale Trade and Distribution; Technology, Telecommunications and Aerospace; Motion Picture and Television Production; Financial Services, Apparel Design and Manufacturing, Agriculture and Food Production.
