Los Angeles (US: /lɔːs ˈændʒələs/ (listen) lawss AN-jəl-əs;[a] Spanish: Los Ángeles [los ˈaŋxeles], lit. 'The Angels'), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to its east. It covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km2), and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimated 9.86 million residents as of 2022.
Binzhou is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, which is located in the north of Shandong Province, the Lubei Plain and the hinterland of the Yellow River Delta. located in the Yellow River Delta efficient ecological economic zone, Shandong Peninsula blue economic zone and the Bohai economic circle, Jinan provincial capital city cluster economic circle "two zones two circles" superposition zone, is the north gate of Shandong Province; the terrain is high in the south and low in the north, roughly tilting from southwest to northeast; four counties, two districts and one city under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 9453 square kilometers. The total population in 2018 is 3.9225 million. Binzhou has a long history and culture, and is one of the birthplaces of the Yellow River culture and Qi culture. It is the central area of the old revolutionary area of the Bohai Sea and the resident of the party committee of the Bohai District. Sun Wu, a famous military thinker in ancient times, Dong Yong, a filial son of the Han Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan, a famous statesman in the Song Dynasty, and du Zhitian, an imperial division in the Qing Dynasty, were born or grew up here. Binzhou location traffic advantage