Long Beach Essay

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Long Beach, California
Charter city[1]
City of Long Beach
Images from top, left to right: Long Beach skyline from Bluff Park, RMS Queen Mary, Aquarium of the Pacific Blue Cavern exhibit, TTI Terminal at Port of Long Beach, Villa Riviera, Metro Blue Line, Long Beach Lighthouse
Images from top, left to right: Long Beach skyline from Bluff Park, RMS Queen Mary, Aquarium of the Pacific Blue Cavern exhibit, TTI Terminal at Port of Long Beach, Villa Riviera, Metro Blue Line, Long Beach Lighthouse
Flag of Long Beach, California
Flag Official seal of Long Beach, California
Seal
Nickname(s): "Aquatic Capital of America"[2]
Motto: "The International City"
Location within Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California
Location within Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California
Long Beach, California is located in the US Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach, CaliforniaLocation in the United States
Coordinates: 33°46′6″N 118°11′44″WCoordinates: 33°46′6″N 118°11′44″W
Country United States
State California
County
Los Angeles
CSA Los Angeles-Long Beach
MSA Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
Incorporated December 13, 1897[3]
Government
• Type Council-manager[1] • Mayor Robert Garcia[4] • City council[8] Jeannine Pearce
Lena Gonzalez
Daryl Supernaw
Suzie Price
Dee Andrews
Stacy Mungo
Al Austin
Rex Richardson (Vice Mayor)
Roberto Uranga • City manager Patrick H. West[5] • City auditor Laura L. Doud[6] • City prosecutor Doug Haubert[7]
Area[9]
• City 51.48 sq mi (133.32 km2) • Land 50.32 sq mi (130.32 km2) • Water 1.16 sq mi (3.00 km2) 2.22% • Metro 4,850.3 sq mi (12,562 km2)
Elevation[10] 52 ft (16 m)
Population (2010)[11] • City 462,257 • Estimate (2016)[12] 470,130 • Rank 2nd in Los Angeles County
7th in California
36th in the United States • Density 9,343.55/sq mi (3,607.56/km2) • Metro 1,282,837 • Metro density 260/sq mi (100/km2) • CSA[13] 1,787,006
Time zone Pacific (UTC-8) • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes[14] 90801–90810, 90813–90815, 90822, 90831–90835, 90840, 90842, 90844, 90846–90848, 90853, 90895, 90899
Area code 562
FIPS code 06-43000
GNIS feature IDs 1652747, 2410866
Website www.longbeach.gov
Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California.
As of 2010, its population was 462,257.[15] It is the 36th most populous city in the United States and the 7th most populous in California. Long Beach is the second largest city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and the third largest in Southern California behind Los Angeles and San Diego.

The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports.[16] The city also maintains a progressively declining oil industry with minor wells located both directly beneath the city as well as offshore. Manufacturing sectors include those in aircraft, automotive parts, electronic equipment, audiovisual equipment, petrochemicals, precision metals and home furnishings.

Long Beach lies in the southeastern corner of Los Angeles County and borders Orange County.[17] Downtown Long Beach is approximately 22 miles (35 km) south of downtown Los Angeles, though the two cities share an official border for several
miles

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