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Los Angeles california on map. Los Angeles location on map (California - USA) to print. Los Angeles location on map (California - USA) to download. Los Angeles location on map is southern California, U.S. Los Angeles is the second most populous city and metropolitan area (after New York City) in the United States. The city sprawls across a broad coastal plain situated between mountains and the Pacific Ocean; the much larger Los Angeles county, which encompasses the city, contains some 90 other incorporated cities, including Beverly Hills, Pasadena, and Long Beach.
Los Angeles, California metropolitan region is one of the United States largest economic engines (see the location on map). Employing roughly ten million people and home to nearly twice that amount, Southern California is as synonymous with sunshine as it is with traffic congestion. Los Angeles is located in Southern California, wedged between the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the San Gabriel Mountains to the north, a mountain range that frames its basin. Los Angeles maximum altitude is 1,548 meters at Sister Elsie Peak.