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  2. Guatemala City - Wikipedia

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    Guatemala City (Spanish: Ciudad de Guatemala) is known colloquially by Guatemalans as La Capital or Guate. Its formal name is Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción [7] (New Guatemala of the Assumption). The latter name is derived from the fact that it was a new Guatemala after the old one ( La Antigua ) was ruined by an earthquake.

  3. Government of Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of Los Angeles. The council is composed of fifteen members elected from single-member districts for four-year terms and limited to three terms. The president of the council and the president pro tempore are chosen by the council at the first regular meeting after June 30 in odd-numbered years.

  4. Lomax, La Porte, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 29.680°N 95.066°W. Lomax is a neighborhood of La Porte, a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. Lomax once was a separate community. The community was named after R.A. Lomax, a native of Illinois who went to the area in 1885 and donated land for a school. Lomax incorporated in 1952 and became a city in 1966.

  5. La Porte, Texas - Wikipedia

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    La Porte, Texas. /  29.66472°N 95.04083°W  / 29.66472; -95.04083. La Porte ( / lə ˈpɔːrt / lə PORT) is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, within the Bay Area of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 35,124. [4] La Porte is the fourth-largest incorporated ...

  6. Demographics of Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of Los Angeles. Population pyramid of Los Angeles city in 2021. Population. 3,979,576 (2019) The demographics of Los Angeles are determined by population surveys such as the American Community Survey and the United States Census. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, Los Angeles ' population was 3,979,576 in 2019.

  7. Cole v. City of La Grange - Wikipedia

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    Cole v. City of La Grange, 113 U.S. 1 (1885), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court ruled on eminent domain to benefit a private corporation. Background. The city of La Grange attempted to use eminent domain to condemn property for the benefit of La Grange Iron and Steel Company to expand that served no public benefit.

  8. City of Stars - Wikipedia

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    City of Stars. " City of Stars " is a song performed by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in the film La La Land (2016). The music of the song was composed by Justin Hurwitz while the lyrics were provided by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. [2] The song won numerous awards, including the award for Best Original Song at both the 74th Golden Globe Awards ...

  9. City of Joy - Wikipedia

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    544. ISBN. 0-09-914091-8. City of Joy ( French: La Cité de la joie) is a 1985 novel by Dominique Lapierre. It was adapted as a film by Roland Joffé in 1992. Calcutta is nicknamed "the City of Joy" after this novel, [1] although the slum was based on an area in its twin city of Howrah .