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.
Chaoyang District (Teoyall), China's Millennium Ancient County, Shantou City, Guangdong Province. Chaoyang bought the county in the first year of Longan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 397), and the ancient dynasties were subordinate to the Chaozhou capital. Chaoyang District is located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, bordering the South China Sea, and is called Chaoyang because it is located in the north of the sea. In April 1993, the county was withdrawn and established as a city (at the county level). In March 2003, Chaoyang City at the county level was abolished, and Chaoyang District and Chaonan District were divided into Chaoyang District and Chaonan District, which were placed under the jurisdiction of Shantou City. Chaoyang District is the old revolutionary base of Hai Lufeng, which has jurisdiction over 4 streets, 9 towns and 272 villages (communities), with an area of 665.74 square kilometers, of which the urban area is 21 square kilometers. The coastline is 84.6 km long, the outer coastline is 21.3 km, and the inner coastline is 63.3 km. The total population is 1.8086 million, overseas Chinese and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan