El Segundo, California
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El Segundo (/ˌɛl səˈɡʌndoʊ/ EL sə-GUN-doh, Spanish: [el seˈɣundo]; Spanish for 'The Second')[7] is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located on Santa Monica Bay, it was incorporated on January 18, 1917, and is part of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. The population was 16,731 as of the 2020 census, a 0.5% increase from 16,654 in the 2010 census. A significant center of the oil and aerospace industries in Southern California, roughly three quarters of the city's land is dedicated exclusively to industrial and commercial uses, including a Chevron oil refinery which alone takes up more than a quarter of the entire city.
El Segundo, California | |
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Location of El Segundo in the United States | |
Coordinates: 33°55′17″N 118°24′22″W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Los Angeles |
Incorporated | January 18, 1917[1] |
Government | |
• Type | Council Manager |
• Mayor | Drew Boyles |
• Mayor Pro Tem | Chris Pimentel |
• City council[2] | Carol Pirsztuk Scot Nicol Lance Giroux |
• City Manager | Tracy Sherrill Weaver[2] |
• City treasurer | Matthew Robinson[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 10.88 sq mi (28.18 km2) |
• Land | 5.46 sq mi (14.15 km2) |
• Water | 5.42 sq mi (14.03 km2) |
Elevation | 115 ft (35 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 16,731 |
• Density | 3,064.29/sq mi (1,183.13/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
ZIP Code | 90245[6] |
Area codes | 310/424 |
FIPS code | 06-22412 |
GNIS feature IDs | 1660605, 2410417 |
Website | www |