Long Beach, California

Long Beach
City
Images from top, left to right: Long Beach skyline from Bluff Park, RMS Queen Mary, Aquarium of the Pacific Blue Cavern exhibit, Hanjin Terminal at Port of Long Beach, Villa Riviera, Metro Blue Line, Long Beach Lighthouse
Nickname(s): LB, the LBC
Motto: The International City
Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California
Coordinates: 33°46′5.9556″N 118°11′44.2206″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Los Angeles
Incorporated	December 13, 1897
Government
• Type	Council-manager government
• Mayor	Bob Foster
• City Council	Robert Garcia Suja Lowenthal Gary DeLong Patrick O'Donnell Gerrie Schipske Dee Andrews James Johnson Rae Gabelich Steve Neal
• City Attorney	Robert E. Shannon
• City Auditor	Eddie Deason
• City Prosecutor	Doug Haubert
Area
• Total	51.437 sq mi (133.223 km2)
• Land	50.293 sq mi (130.259 km2)
• Water	1.144 sq mi (2.964 km2)  2.22%
Elevation	0 ft (Sea Level 0 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	462,257
• Rank	2nd in Los Angeles County 7th in California 36th in the United States
• Density	9,191.3/sq mi (3,548.8/km2)
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	90801-90810, 90813-90815, 90822, 90831-90835, 90840, 90842, 90844-90848, 90853, 90888, 90899
Area code(s)	562, 310 (Only Some Small Areas Cover 310 Area Code)
FIPS code	06-43000
GNIS feature ID	1652747

Long Beach is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, USA, on the Pacific coast. It borders Orange County on its southeast edge. It is about 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown Los Angeles. It is a part of the Greater Los Angeles Area.