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About
Glendale
Incorporated
in 1906, Glendale is the 15th largest city in California.
It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley and
is a growing suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The
city is surrounded to the west by Los Angeles, Burbank, Tujunga,
La Cañada Flintridge and La Crescenta area; to the
east by Pasadena, Eagle Rock and Glassell Park neighborhoods
of Los Angeles. The Golden State, Ventura, Glendale, and
Foothill freeways run through the city.
As of
the 2000 census, the city population was 194,973. Since then,
there have been estimates of 201,326 by the U.S. Census
Bureau in 2004 and 207,007 by the California State government
in 2005, making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County
and the seventeenth largest city in the state of California.
Glendale is rich in culture as it is home to people from all
parts of the world. Glendale is the city with the largest Armenian
population in the United States. Census figures indicate that
people of Armenian heritage make up 40% of the city's population,
totaling some 85,000 Armenian Americans.
Forest
Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, located in Glendale, contains
the remains
of many celebrities and local residents. It is
famous as the pioneer of a new style of cemetery.
Several large companies have offices in Glendale. The U.S.
headquarters of the Swiss foods multinational Nestlé and
International House of Pancakes are located in Glendale. So
is the "southern campus" of DreamWorks SKG, The Los
Angeles regional office of California's State Compensation
Insurance Fund is in Glendale. Nero AG, the software company
that makes Nero Burning Rom, also has its main North American
subsidiary located in Glendale.
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