West Los Angeles (also known as West L.A. or the Westside) is generally considered to be the portion of Los Angeles, California that lies east of the Pacific Ocean, west of La Cienega Boulevard (or, by some, Fairfax or even La Brea Avenue), south of the Santa Monica Mountains, and north of the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). (Compare to East Los Angeles or South Los Angeles.) It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the northwest by Ventura County and the Conejo Valley, on the north by the San Fernando Valley, on the east by Hollywood district and the Wilshire area, and on the south by South Los Angeles and South Bay.

The short form for the region, "West L.A.", is an imprecise term which can mean different things depending on usage and context. As a geographical term, "West L.A." can either refer to the region discussed here, or to the small neighborhood of West Los Angeles located in the center of the region. To disambiguate, locals often refer to the larger region as "the Westside".


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