Overview of TokyoIntroductionThe Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva (or Gabriele?os) and Chumash Native American tribes thousands of years ago. The first Europeans arrived in 1542 under Juan Rodr?guez Cabrillo, a Portuguese-born explorer who claimed the area as the City of God for the Spanish Empire. Los Angeles was founded September 4, 1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve as El Pueblo de Nuestra Se?ora la Reina de los ?ngeles de la Porci?ncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola). It became a part of Mexico in 1821, following its independence from Spain. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican-American War, Los Angeles and California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Today, LA County has a population of 10 million, including people from more than 140 countries speaking 224 different languages, making Los Angeles a mirror of the world.
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