California
The United States of America is located in the central part of North America. It borders Canada to the north, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
Most of the United States is a continental climate, the south is a subtropical climate, the overall terrain is high in the west and low in the east, natural resources are rich, and the total proved reserves of mineral resources ranked first in the world.
With a total area of 9.37 million square kilometres and a coastline of 22,680 kilometres, the country is divided into 50 states and 1 Special zone, with 3,143 counties.
California is a state on the Pacific coast of the western United States. The state government is located in Sacramento. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, Mexico to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. With an area of 411013 square kilometres, it takes its name from an island in Spanish legend.
In the northwest corner of California is Redwood National Park. In the foothills of the western slopes of the eastern Sierra Nevada are Yosemite National Park and Kings Canyon National Park. Death Valley National Park and Joshua Tree National Park in the southeast. The world-famous "Hollywood" and "Silicon Valley" are in the state.
In June 2016, data released by the California government showed that California's economic aggregate had surpassed France in 2015, becoming the sixth-largest economy in the world.
On May 7, 2018, data released by the US Department of Commerce showed that the real GDP of California increased by 3.4% in 2017, reaching $2.747 trillion. This means that California's economy if considered an independent economy, has for the first time surpassed that of the UK to become the fifth largest in the world.
If you're visiting California, these are places not to be missed.
1. Los Angeles is located in the southwestern state of California, near the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean along the shores of San Pedro and Santa Monica Bays, backed by Mount San Antonio. It is the second-largest city in the United States and the largest city in the western United States.
Covering an area of approximately 1,214.9 square kilometres, the city has a population of around 4,086,700.
2. San Francisco is located on the San Francisco Peninsula on the west coast of California. It is a port city on the Pacific coast of California, a world-famous tourist resort, and the fourth-largest city in California.
3. Hollywood is one of the world's most famous movie entertainment and tourist attractions. It is located in the northern Guangxi suburb of downtown Los Angeles, California. It was a famous film capital in the late 19th century and a famous film industry in southern California. Hollywood film style, which not only caters to popular style and fashion but also maintains the commercial flavour of the film, broke the world film industry in the 1930s.
4. The Grand Canyon is located in northwestern Arizona, southwest of the Colorado Plateau. The Grand Canyon is 446 kilometres long, with an average width of 16 kilometres, the deepest depth of 2,133 meters, an average depth of more than 1,500 meters, and a total area of 2,724 square kilometres. In 1919, President Wilson created the Grand Canyon area as Grand Canyon National Park.