Gateway Cities
The largely suburban and industrial Gateway Cities of Los Angeles County in Southern California make up the southeastern portion of the county, lying between the City of Los Angeles proper and the border of the county with Orange County.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Popular Destinations
Long Beach
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Long Beach is a large port city in Los Angeles County in Southern California.
Compton
Compton is one of the Gateway Cities of Los Angeles, and is mainly known for being the birthplace of rappers Dr.Destinations
Lakewood
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Lakewood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Downey
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Downey is a city of 111,000 in the Gateway Cities of Los Angeles.
La Mirada
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La Mirada is a city in southeast Los Angeles County, California United States, and is one of the Gateway Cities, on the border with Orange County.
Bellflower
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Bellflower is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
Lynwood
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Lynwood is in the Gateway Cities region of Los Angeles County, California.
Huntington Park
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Huntington Park is a city located in the South Central region of Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Cerritos
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Cerritos is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County.
Artesia
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Artesia is a small town about 15 miles southeast of Los Angeles, also known as "Little India" as it's home to the second largest ethnic Indian population in the country, just behind New York City.
Pico Rivera
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Pico Rivera is a city located in southeastern Los Angeles County, California.
City of Commerce
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Commerce is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Santa Fe Springs
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Santa Fe Springs is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Notable Places in the Area
Columbia Memorial Space Center
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The Columbia Memorial Space Center is a science museum in the Los Angeles area, at 12400 Columbia Way, City of Downey, California, US.
Norwalk station
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Norwalk station is a below-grade light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.
Lakewood Boulevard station
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Lakewood Boulevard station is a below-grade light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.
Localities in the Area
Paramount
Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.Bell Gardens
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Bell Gardens is a city in the U.S. state of California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
East Rancho Dominguez
East Rancho Dominguez, also known as East Compton, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in southern Los Angeles County, California.Gateway Cities
- Description: Region of Los Angeles County, California, US
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.914° or 33° 54' 50" northLongitude
-118.126° or 118° 7' 34" westOpen Location Code
8553WV7F+JHWikidata ID
Q2906555Gateway Cities Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Chinese: 南加州門戶城市
- Chinese: 南加州门户城市
- Dutch: Gateway Cities
- English: Gateway Cities (Los Angeles County)
- French: Gateway Cities
- Hebrew: לוס אנג'לס/ערי המעבר
- Hebrew: ערי המעבר, לוס אנג'לס
- Hebrew: ערי המעבר
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Gateway Cities. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.