Broader Places
Los Angeles (United States) (37)
Place Type inhabited place
Other Place Typescity, port, manufacturing center
Latitude 34.017
Longitude -118.483
Located on Santa Monica Bay; laid out in 1875 by Senator John P Jones; named after local spring Las Lágrimas ("the tears") de Santa Monica; promoted as oceanside resort & residential community; Santa Monica City College founded 1929.
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