West Covina
| West Covina | |||
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Location in California
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | February 17, 1923 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Los Angeles County | ||
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 3 ′ N , 117 ° 55 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 106,098 (as of: Census 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 2,544.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 41.7 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of which 41.7 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 110 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 91790-91793 | ||
| Area code : | +1 626 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-84200 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1652809 | ||
| Website : | www.westcovina.org | ||
| Mayor : | Corey Warshaw (since 2013) | ||
West Covina is a city in Los Angeles County in the US state of California , USA , with a population of 107,847 as of July 1, 2016. The geographical coordinates are: 34.06 ° North, 117.92 ° West. The metropolitan area has a size of 41.7 km² and is located about 30 kilometers east of Los Angeles .
Town twinning
Sister cities of West Covina are Ōtawara in Japan and Wuhu in the People's Republic of China.
From 1978 to 2005 there was a student exchange program between the local high school and the then municipal high school Moltkestrasse in Gummersbach ( North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany ).
Others
In West Covina, the Golden Globe- winning series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend stars with Rachel Bloom .
sons and daughters of the town
- Tim Robbins (* 1958), actor, director and screenwriter
- Lea Antonoplis-Inoye (* 1959), tennis player
- Craig Chester (born 1965), actor
- Troy Aikman (born 1966), American football player
- Darryll Lewis (born 1968), football player
- Julian Andretti (* 1970), porn actor
- Jason Giambi (born 1971), baseball player
- Ron Melendez (born 1972), actor
- Jeremy Miller (born 1976), actor
- Damion Reid (* 1979), jazz musician
- Jennifer and Michele Steffin (* 1981), child actresses
- Larry Gordon (* 1987), basketball player
- Beejay Lee (* 1993), sprinter
Web links
Commons : West Covina, California - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
proof
- ↑ www.census.gov/quickfacts
- ^ Jürgen Woelke: 25 years of exchange with West Covina High School in California. In: black on white. 2002, p. 28 , accessed November 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Daniel Austria and Chrishtoph Lieblang: student exchange in 2005 with the West Covina High School. 2006, pp. 14–16 , accessed on November 29, 2019 .