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  2. Ethnic groups in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    From 2000 to 2010 the Asian population in Los Angeles County increased by 20%. Within Los Angeles County, as of 2010 13 cities and places are majority Asian. As of that year, the City of Los Angeles had the highest numeric Asian population, with slightly fewer than 500,000.

  3. History of African Americans in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Many African Americans moved to eastern Los Angeles suburbs in Riverside County and San Bernardino County in the Inland Empire, such as Moreno Valley. From 1980 to 1990 the Inland Empire had the United States' fastest-growing black population. Between the 1980 U.S. Census and the 1990 U.S. Census, the black population increased by 119%. As of ...

  4. Los Angeles County, California - Wikipedia

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    Website. lacounty.gov. Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles ( Spanish: Condado de Los Ángeles ), and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States, with 9,861,224 residents estimated in 2022. Its population is greater than that of 40 individual U.S. states.

  5. Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, also known as Pitchess Detention Center or simply Pitchess, is an all-male county detention center and correctional facility named in honor of Peter J. Pitchess located directly east of exit 173 off Interstate 5 in the unincorporated community of Castaic in Los Angeles ...

  6. The Markaz - Wikipedia

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    The Markaz. The Markaz (literally "the center"), originally The Levantine Cultural Center, was a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles, which existed from 2001 until 2020. It offered artistic and educational programs focusing on the Middle East and North Africa, with classes and workshops for ethnic communities.

  7. East Los Angeles, California - Wikipedia

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    1660583 [2] East Los Angeles ( Spanish: Este de Los Ángeles ), or East L.A., is an unincorporated area situated within Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, East Los Angeles is designated as a census-designated place (CDP) for statistical purposes.

  8. Eastside Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Eastside Los Angeles. The Eastside is an urban region in Los Angeles County, California. It includes the Los Angeles City neighborhoods east of the Los Angeles River —that is, Boyle Heights, El Sereno, and Lincoln Heights —as well as unincorporated East Los Angeles .

  9. History of East Africa - Wikipedia

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    The history of East Africa has been divided into its prehistory, the major polities flourishing, the colonial period, and the post-colonial period, in which the current nations were formed. East Africa is the eastern region of Africa, bordered by North Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the Sahara Desert.