Place:Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, United States

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NameWilmington
TypeSuburb
Coordinates33.78°N 118.2624°W
Located inLos Angeles, California, United States     (1863 - )
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Wilmington is a neighborhood in the Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, covering .

Featuring a heavy concentration of industry and the third-largest oil field in the continental United States, this neighborhood has a high percentage of Latino and foreign-born residents. Nearly 20 percent of Wilmington’s total land area is taken up by oil refineries — roughly 3.5 times more area than is dedicated to open and accessible green spaces.

It is the site of Banning High School, and ten other primary and secondary schools. Wilmington has six parks.

Wilmington dates its history back to a 1784 Spanish land grant. It became a separate city in 1863, and it joined the city of Los Angeles in 1909. Places of interest include the headquarters U.S. Army for Southern California and the Drum Barracks built to protect the nascent Los Angeles harbor during the American Civil War.

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