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Located in the south of California on the west coast of the United States, Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States after new york. It is a beautiful and dazzling coastal city on the west coast of the United States, with beautiful scenery and cosmopolitan style.

Los Angeles is close to the coast of San Pedro Bay and Santa Monica Bay on the east side of the vast Pacific Ocean, and backed by the vast San Gabriel Mountain, covering an area of more than 1, 200 square kilometers. The metropolitan area includes Los Angeles County, part of Orange County and Ventura County, and more than 80 towns such as Beverly Hills, Pasadena and Long Beach, with a total area of 65,438+00,567 square kilometers. The city is located in an open basin surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on one side. Except for some hills, the ground is flat, with an average elevation of 84 meters, and the highest point, Elsie Peak, is 1549 meters. The year is sunny, dry and rainy, and the climate is mild and pleasant, with an average temperature of about 12 degrees, 10/3.7 degrees in October and 23.4 degrees in July. The annual precipitation is only 357mm, mainly winter rain.

1769 On August 2nd (the second day of Notre Dame Catholic Day), a Spanish expedition came here to find a place to open a church. The town is under construction in 178 1, and is called "the town of the virgin Mary", hereinafter referred to as "city Los Angeles". Los Angeles was originally an idyllic village of Indians, and became a Spanish colony in 178 1. 18 18 It's the first time for Americans to come. 182 1 belongs to Mexico. 1846 After the US-Mexico War, it was ceded to the United States and became American territory. 1848 the "gold rush" in the west attracted a large number of immigrants. California was founded in 1850, and became the third1th state in the United States in the same year. At that time, the population of Los Angeles was only 1600.

19 At the end of the 20th century, with the discovery of oil, Los Angeles began to rise and quickly developed into the largest city in the western United States. After World War II, with the rise of modern industry, the prosperity of commerce, finance and tourism, the surge of immigrants and the continuous expansion of urban areas, Los Angeles has become a megacity in the United States. Now Los Angeles has become the largest petrochemical, marine, aerospace and electronic industrial base in the United States. It is one of the major science and technology centers in the United States, with the largest number of scientists and engineers in the United States and the title of "City of Science and Technology", where the famous Silicon Valley is located. In recent years, the financial industry and commerce in Los Angeles have also developed rapidly. Hundreds of banks have set up offices in Los Angeles, including many famous international consortia, such as Lockheed, Northrop and Rockwell. Los Angeles has become a financial center after new york.

In addition to developed industry and finance, Los Angeles is also the cultural and entertainment center of the United States. Endless beaches and bright sunshine, the famous "movie kingdom" Hollywood, the fascinating Disneyland and the beautiful Beverly Hills make Los Angeles a world-famous "movie city" and "tourist city". The downtown area of Los Angeles is vast and scattered, and the whole city is built on 10,000 small houses in Qian Qian. Among the trees, rows of courtyard-style buildings with elegant colors, exquisite shapes and different styles are all over the flat hills. There are dozens of tall buildings in the city center. Freeways and city streets crisscross like cobwebs, extending in all directions. The road area of Los Angeles accounts for about 30% of the city's area. It is the most developed city in the United States and the city with the most cars in the United States.

Los Angeles is also very developed in culture and education. There are world-famous California Institute of Technology, UCLA, University of Southern California, Huntington Library and Getty Museum. The Los Angeles Public Library has the third largest collection in the United States. Los Angeles is also one of the few cities in the world that has hosted two Summer Olympics.

Los Angeles is the largest industrial center in the western United States, and its manufacturing output accounts for about12 of California, ranking third in the country. Los Angeles is also a modern deep-water harbor. There is a famous thermos bottle project in Long Beach nearby, which is an artificial island for oil exploitation. There is a unique large inclined shaft on the island.

A large number of immigrants have made Los Angeles a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural international city. Ethnic minorities account for about half of the city's population and there are many immigrant communities. Areas inhabited by various ethnic groups have formed their own "cities". Los Angeles is also one of the major gathering places for Chinese Americans, with about 400,000 Chinese. China City is a "Chinatown" with old and new. The new Chinatown was built in the middle of the 20th century, between the urban area of North Broadway and the mountainous area. 198165438+On February 8th, Los Angeles and Guangzhou became sister cities. In 200 1 year, in order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities between the two cities, Guangzhou presented a bronze "Yong Zhong" to Los Angeles as a symbol of the permanent friendship between the people of the two cities, which was placed in the Blue Line Railway Station of China City, which was completed in 2003.

California

This vast land full of strong contrast, once a secret resort for wealthy anglers, is now crowded with tourists. The Indian cave oasis village in the northern mountainous area has a Spanish church with a history of more than 100 years, and the mining town of Santa Rosalia in the old west is worth visiting. Go across the desert to La Paz to enjoy the night, or sail to the Sea of cortese and the coast of Lasca to enjoy fishing. At the junction of the Pan-Pacific Ocean and the Golds Sea, which is also the tip of the peninsula, the turbulent waves present magical sculptures in front of your eyes: Al-Ako, arches, Poseidon fingers, and famous rocks such as Lavantana and windows.

California Peninsula is like an arm of the North American continent, stretching from north to south 1, more than 200 kilometers, tightly embracing the blue waves of the Cortes Sea in the embrace of Mexico. Because Mexico has implemented the maritime rights of 200 nautical miles, the Sea of Cortes has become an internal sea between the peninsula and the Mexican mainland. Los cabos is located at the southernmost tip of California Peninsula and the farthest end of the earth, which can be said to be "the ends of the earth".

California Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world. This was caused by crustal movement millions of years ago. Before the colonial era, the northern part of the peninsula was Indian Kohmir tribe, and the southern part was Perigur and Guaigula tribe. After the Spanish colonists conquered Mexico, they tried to conquer the peninsula in 1532, but failed. Therefore, they think that the California Peninsula is a paradise where the California goddess "Galafira" lives, and they have always had doubts about the peninsula. It was not until 1697, more than 70 years after the conquest of Mexico1that Jesus sent priests to the peninsula. After 80 years of evangelism, later, priests from Franciscans and Dominicans went to the peninsula to continue to spread the gospel. Until 1834, the Spanish colonists finally completely controlled the peninsula and realized the conquest without weapons. This is the last expansion of Spanish colonists in America.

1847 after the us-Mexico war, the United States attempted to annex the California peninsula along with the whole of California. However, the Mexican government disagreed. 1848, the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty signed by the United States and Mexico stipulated that the United States would occupy Upper California forever, which is now California. Mexico is divided into Baja California (the capital of sicali, Mexico) in the north and Baja California (the capital of La Paz) in the south in the middle of the California Peninsula, drawing a line at 28 degrees north latitude.

La Paz, a quiet seaside city, is famous for its charming dawn and sunset glow. Go south from La Paz, follow the highway 1 until you reach the ends of the earth, and you will find los cabos. In fact, los cabos is the general name of Sanlucas and Cape San Jose at the southern tip of California Peninsula.

In winter (65438+February to March of the following year), the sea area near los cabos is a refuge for Alaskan gray whales. Year after year, herds of gray whales swim 65,438+00,000 kilometers from Alaska to mate or produce young whales in the warm ocean of Southern California. The gestation period of gray whales is as long as 13 months. After the spring, some sperm whales weighing 40 tons returned to Alaska with a group of newborn whales. Therefore, the "Grey Whale Temple (Protected Area)" here was declared as "the natural wealth of mankind" by UNESCO.

At the end of the Sea of Cortes and the California Peninsula, there is a tall stone mountain with a "foot" stepping on the ocean, just like Elephant Trunk Mountain in the Lijiang River in Guilin. However, the momentum is much more magnificent. Mexicans call it the "Pacific Stone Arch". Sometimes, the waves of the Pacific Ocean roll in; Tides in the Sea of Cortes are pushed out from time to time and flow into the Pacific Ocean. There is a reef in front of the Stone Arch. Since then, tens of thousands of miles to the south, there is not a stone or an inch of land on the ocean. It's really the edge of the sky, a corner of the sea. The blue waves of the Pacific Ocean hold Cortez's breathing body here.

In the eyes of ordinary Mexicans, the peninsula is another Mexico; Primitive and desolate. There are only a handful of oases on the peninsula. 1973 federal highway 1, with a total length of 1645 kilometers, runs through the whole California peninsula from the northern border to the southern end. 1974, baja california sur was formally established. It is the newest federal state in Mexico. The country covers an area of 73,948 square kilometers, accounting for 3.6% of Mexico's national area. But until 2000, the population of Quanzhou was only 4235 16, and the average population density was 6 people per square kilometer. In order to promote the development of local economy, the local government has thought of many ways to develop tourism and export processing industry according to local conditions. Attracting tourists from all over the world with "sufficient sunshine and seawater". The average sunshine time here is 360 days. In winter, tourists from America and Canada go south like gray whales. At the end of 1980s, when tourism started to develop here, it was not very famous. The most fashionable tourism project is sports fishing. It has a history of several decades. Southern California's economic income mainly depends on fishing. At present, there are 26 five-star hotels, 6 golf courses and 6,474 hotel rooms in los cabos. Between the blue sea and the desolate Gobi, a beautiful oasis and a "tourist corridor" of more than 30 kilometers have been built along the seaside. It shows the imagination and creativity of Mexicans. 1999 attracted 520,000 tourists, 85% of whom were foreign tourists. The per capita consumption is $65,438+$0.450, and the total tourism revenue reaches $828 million, ranking first in the gross domestic product of Southern California and becoming the main economic pillar. Fisheries have fallen to the third place. Their experience shows that it is not enough to have tourism resources, but also to let people know about these resources and create opportunities and conditions for developing these resources to meet different types and levels of tourism choices.

Opportunities in the sky and underground are always particularly popular in southern California. The "total solar eclipse" on July 199 1 day is called the most brilliant total solar eclipse in the 20th century. From La Paz to los cabos is the best observation place. 10: 23 am, 15 seconds, only 2 seconds away from the estimated time, 1, initial loss. 1 1: 47: 35, cut in half and eat. The total solar eclipse began. The sun in the east suddenly appeared dazzling light, transmitting the general light of Jin Gangzuan. It was the last light of the sun's light ball passing through the undulating mountains on the surface of the moon, just like a dazzling diamond.

Miracle appeared: a diamond-like halo appeared in the air. The earth is dark. The undulating horizon of the mountains gives off orange light. Like dusk and dawn. The temperature dropped suddenly. In the clear sky, Venus was the first to shine, and then Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Sirius all miraculously descended from the sky and shone. Around the dark surface of the sun, there is a layer of pale yellow light called "corona", just like the "diamond crown" that the moon puts on the sun. Because that year happened to be the peak year of the solar cycle 1 1, the corona showed a unique circle in the peak year. At the edge of the corona, a strange light even overflowed and radiated outward, and a huge beam appeared, which astronomers called "corona current".

The total solar eclipse lasted 6 minutes and 37 seconds. Longer than expected 10 second or more.