The city was officially founded on September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. Historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city's inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. Located in a large coastal basin surrounded on three sides by mountains reaching up to and over 10,000 feet (3,000 m), Los Angeles covers an area of about 469 square miles (1,210 km2) The city is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles metropolitan area and the Greater Los Angeles Area region, which contain 13 million and over 18 million people, respectively, as of 2010, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world as well as the second-largest in the United States and the densest urban area in the United States.
With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States (after New York City) and the most populous city in California. Los Angeles (/lɒs ˈændʒəlᵻs/, Spanish for "The Angels" Spanish: ), officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California.
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