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.
Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture under the jurisdiction of Guizhou Province. it is located in the central and southern part of Guizhou Province, connected with Qiandongnan Prefecture in the east, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region in the south, Anshun City and Qianxinan Prefecture in the west, and Guiyang City in the north. It is located in the slope zone of the transition from Guizhou Plateau to Guangxi hills, with high terrain in the north and low in the south, and is located in the East Asian monsoon area. The state has a total area of 26197 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over two county-level cities, nine counties and one autonomous county, with a resident population of 3.2809 million in 2017. Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture was once an important passage of the Silk Road to the sea in the south, and it was also the old road from central Guizhou to Sichuan, Guangxi, Hunan and Yunnan. Aviation, railways, highways and river transportation crisscross in southern Guizhou. Qiu Hejia, governor of Liaodong and general soldier of Shanhaiguan, has emerged in southern Guizhou.