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Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles County · Population 3,898,747 · Card no. 6001

The largest city in California and second largest in the country, founded in 1781 by 44 settlers from Mexico.

The original name was a long Spanish phrase invoking the Queen of the Angels.
The city annexed the San Fernando Valley in 1915 after securing Owens Valley water.
Its port, film industry and freeway system each reshaped the country.

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