Stock Photo - Los Angeles is a city in the United States in California, capital of the county of the same name. With 4057875 inhabitants in 2017, it is the largest city in the western United States and the second most populous in the country after New York..Founded by the Spaniards as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina Virgen de los Ángeles del Rio de la Porciúncula de Asís, or ""The village of Our Lady the Virgin Queen of the Angels of the river of the Porziuncola d'Assisi"", it rose to the status of a city June 9, 1850, five months before California became the thirtieth state of the Union..Economic and scientific center of international importance, it is also the world capital of the film industry, housed in one of the most famous suburbs of the city: Hollywood. Numerous personalities from American and international cinema and entertainment reside in and around Los Angeles. Los Angeles (USA). September 19th, 2015.