Long Beach
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Long Beach is a ceety situatit in Los Angeles Coonty in Soothren Californie, on the Pacific coast o the Unitit States. The ceety is the 36t-lairgest ceety in the naition an the seivent-lairgest in Californie. As o 2010, its population wis 462,257. In addeetion, Long Beach is the seicont lairgest ceety athin Greater Los Angeles Aurie, efter Los Angeles, an a principal ceety o the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan aurie.
Long Beach, Californie | |
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 Images frae top, left tae richt: Long Beach skyline frae Bluff Park, RMS Queen Mary, Aquarium of the Pacific Blue Cavern exhibit, Hanjin Terminal at Port of Long Beach, Villa Riviera, Metro Blue Line, Long Beach Lighthouse | |
| Eik-name(s): LB, the LBC | |
| Motto(s): The International City | |
 Location athin Los Angeles Coonty in the state o Californie | |
  Long Beach, Californie Location in the Unitit States | |
| Coordinates: 33°46′5.9556″N 118°11′44.2206″W / 33.768321000°N 118.195616833°WCoordinates: 33°46′5.9556″N 118°11′44.2206″W / 33.768321000°N 118.195616833°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit States |
| State | Californie |
| Coonty | Los Angeles |
| Incorporatit | 13 Dizember 1897 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Cooncil-manager govrenment |
| • Mayor | Bob Foster |
| • Ceety Cooncil | Robert Garcia Suja Lowenthal Gary DeLong Patrick O'Donnell Gerrie Schipske Dee Andrews James Johnson Al Austin Steve Neal |
| • Ceety Attorney | Robert E. Shannon |
| • Ceety Auditor | Laura L. Doud |
| • Ceety Prosecutor | Doug Haubert |
| Area | |
| • Total | 133.223 km2 (51.437 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 130.259 km2 (50.293 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.964 km2 (1.144 sq mi) 2.22% |
| Elevation | Sea Level 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 462,257 |
| • Rank | 2nt in Los Angeles Coonty 7t in California 36t in the Unitit States |
| • Density | 3,548.8/km2 (9191.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 90801-90810, 90813-90815, 90822, 90831-90835, 90840, 90842, 90844-90848, 90853, 90888, 90899 |
| Area code(s) | 562, 310 (Anerlie Some Sma Auries Cover 310 Aurie Code) |
| FIPS code | 06-43000 |
| GNIS featur ID | 1652747 |
| Website | www.longbeach.gov |
The ceety is a dominant maritime centre o the Unitit States. The Port of Long Beach is the Unitit States' seicont busiest container port an ane o the warld's lairgest shippin ports.[2] The ceety maintains a lairge ile industry wi the substance bein foond baith unnergrund an affshore an aw. Manufacturin sectors include those in aircraft, caur pairts, electronic an audiovisual equipment, an hame furnishins. It is hame tae heidquairters for corporations includin Epson America, Molina Healthcare, an SCAN Health Plan. Long Beach haes grown wi the development o heich-technologie an aerospace industries in the aurie.
Downtown Long Beach is locatit approximately 25 mile (40 km) sooth o Downtown Los Angeles, housomeivver, the twa ceeties border ilk ither for several mile on Long Beach's soothwastren portion. Long Beach borders Orange Coonty on its sootheast edge.
References
eedit- ↑ U.S. Census
- ↑ "About the Port". Port of Long Beach website. Archived frae the original on 27 Februar 2012. Retrieved 9 Februar 2013.