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Glendale, California — From Wikipedia
Glendale, California | |
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| Nickname: Jewel City | |
Interactive map of Glendale, California | |
| Coordinates: 34°08′46″N 118°15′18″W / 34.14611°N 118.25500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| Incorporated | February 15, 1906[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager[2] |
| • Mayor | Ardy Kassakhian (D)[3][4] |
| • City Council | Alek Bartrosouf (D) Elen Asatryan (D, Current Term of Office: July 2026-June 2030)[5] Dan Brotman (N) Vartan Gharpetian (N, Current Term of Office: April 2024-April 2028)[6] |
| • City Treasurer | Rafi Manoukian (D)[7] |
| • City Manager | Roubik Golanian[8] |
| Area | |
• Total | 30.61 sq mi (79.27 km2) |
| • Land | 30.48 sq mi (78.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2) 0.42% |
| Elevation | 522 ft (159 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 196,543 |
| • Rank | 4th in Los Angeles County 24th in California 141st in the United States |
| • Density | 6,449/sq mi (2,489.8/km2) |
| Demonyms | Glendalian |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes[12] | 91201–91210, 91214, 91221, 91222, 91224–91226 |
| Area code | 747 and 818 |
| FIPS code | 06-30000 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1660679, 2410597 |
| Website | glendaleca |
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Glendale is a city located primarily in the Verdugo Mountains region,[13] with a small portion in the San Fernando Valley[14] of Los Angeles County, in the U.S. state of California. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Downtown Los Angeles.
As of 2025, Glendale had a Census-estimated population of 187,823[15] making it the 4th-most populous city in Los Angeles County and the 24th-most populous city in California.
Glendale—along with neighboring Burbank and nearby Hollywood—has served as a major production center for the American film industry, and especially animation, and is home to Disneytoon Studios, Marvel Animation, and DreamWorks Animation.