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South Gate is the seventeenth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, with 7.4 square miles (19 km). South Gate is located 7 miles (11 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles It is part of the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County.
As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 94,396.
The city was incorporated on January 20, 1923, and it became known as the “Azalea City” when it adopted the flower as its symbol in 1965.
In 1990, South Gate was one of ten U.S. communities to receive the All-America City Award from the National Civic League.
The South Gate area was inhabited by the Gabrielino/Tongva Indians before development by Spanish ranchers.
In the summer of 1769, a group of Spanish explorers set out from the coast of San Diego to explore the uncharted territory between San Diego and the Bay of Monterey. With them was Father Juan Crespi, considered by historians to be one of the great diarists of the New World explorations. His daily entries were…
