Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area (the second most populous urban agglomeration in the United States) and also the Inland Empire (another large metropolitan ...
- 56,505 sq mi (146,350 km²)
- Los Angeles
- United States
- California
Geography of southern California. The San Gabriel Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California. The geography of southern California refers to the geography of southern California in the United States .
El Sur de California o California Meridional (en inglés: Southern California o So Cal en forma abreviada) corresponde al extremo meridional del estado estadounidense de California. Sus principales centros de población lo conforman las ciudades de Los Ángeles , San Diego , San Bernardino , y Riverside .
Southern California is a region of California. The definitions of it vary, but it usually contains the area around Los Angeles and San Diego , as well as the " Inland Empire " of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties .
The University of Southern California ( USC, SC, Southern Cal [a] or SoCal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1880 by Robert Maclay Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California.
- University Park campus, 226 acres (0.91 km²), Health Sciences campus, 79 acres (0.32 km²)
- Traveler, Tommy Trojan (unofficial)
- 49,318 (2021)
- Carol Folt
With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, [7] Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is the commercial, financial and cultural center of the Southern California region.