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.
Nansha District, Guangzhou City District, Guangdong Province, is the deputy city center of Guangzhou, which is located at the southernmost end of Guangzhou, the west bank of the Humen waterway of the Pearl River, and the confluence of Xijiang, Beijiang and Dongjiang rivers. The region has a total area of 803 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 streets and 6 towns. The District people's Government is stationed in Huangge Town. By the end of 2017, the resident population of Nansha District was 725000, of which 415400 were registered residents. Nansha District is located in the Pearl River Estuary and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Geographic Geometry Center. It is the only passage to the sea in Guangzhou and an important pivotal node connecting the urban agglomeration on both sides of the Pearl River Estuary and Hong Kong and Macao. There are Nansha Port, the only deep-water wharf in the western Pearl River Delta, Zhongchuan Longxue Shipbuilding Base, one of the three major shipbuilding bases in China, and Guangzhou, the first bonded port area in Guangdong Province that has passed the national formal acceptance.