Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in California. With a 2020 population of 3.898.747, it is the second-largest city in the United States, following New York City. On September 4, 1781, a group of forty-four settlers known as "Los Pobladores" founded the pueblo they called El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles, 'The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels'.