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Los Angeles is the largest city in the state of California by population and the second most populous city in the United States.  Los Angeles is one of the world's centres of culture, science, technology, international trade, and higher education, and is home to world-renowned institutions in a broad range of professional and cultural fields.

Wide ranges of different cultures reside in Los Angeles. It is one of the most religiously diverse communities in the world. An example of this is the surprising statistic that Los Angeles had the largest Buddhist population in the United States!

Los Angeles also boasts a number of sports venues, including the Staples Center, a sports and entertainment complex that also hosts concerts and awards shows such as the Grammys. Los Angeles has twice played host to the summer Olympic Games, in 1932 and in 1984.  The Staples Center also serves as the home arena for the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL and the Avengers of the AFL. Downtown Los Angeles also is the home of the Los Angeles Convention Center which hosts many popular events including the annual LA Auto Show in December.

When in LA, is it essential to travel to Santa Monica. Santa Monica's pier is a well known tourist spot, famous for its ferris wheel and bumper car rides, which were featured in the introductory segment of the television sitcom Three's Company.

Los Angeles may be better known for Hollywood; the home of the stars. However there are many facts that you may not know about LA…

Los Angeles County was one of the original counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850.
Los Angeles has been a destination for Swamis and Gurus since as early as 1900, including Paramahansa Yogananda (1920).
Los Angeles was also home to the Pacific Stock Exchange until it closed in 2001. 
Los Angeles is also home to the largest populations of Japanese living in the United States, and has one of the largest Native American populations in the country. 
Los Angeles is home to people from more than 140 countries speaking at least 225 different languages. 
Los Angeles has a total crime index lower than that of Chicago, and Atlanta as of 2006.
Los Angeles has one of the largest freeway systems in the world, with 27 intertwining freeways handling millions of commuters as they journey a daily collective migration of about 100 million miles (160 million km)[citation needed].
Venice, also known as Dogtown, is credited with being the birthplace of skateboarding and the place where Rollerblading first became popular.
The fifth busiest commercial airport in the world and the third busiest in the United States, LAX handled over 61 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo in 2006.
Los Angeles was the first city where AIDS was discovered in the 1980s and the center of many glam metal bands of the decade. 
Los Angeles is subject to earthquakes due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire.