Beverly Hills is located at the middle of Los Angeles County, and surrounded by the cities of Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Culver City.
The glamour era of Beverly Hills, which is home to some of Hollywood’s biggest celebrities, began in 1919 with Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford leading the wave of movie stars who built their mansions in the area. Gloria Swanson, Will Rogers, Charlie Chaplin, John Barrymore, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Jack Warner, Clara Bow, Marion Davies and Rudolph Valentino soon followed.
With a land area of 14.7 square kilometers (5.7 square miles), Beverly Hills has more than 34,000 residents as of the 2013 census. Among the A-listers and celebrities who own homes in the area are Hollywood stars Halle Berry and Hilary Duff, singer-songwriters Gwen Stefani and Taylor Swift, and power couple David and Victoria Beckham.
Former residents include actors Bruce Willis and Jackie Chan, as well as singers Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and Jennifer Lopez.
Beverly Hills continues to grow as one of the most glamorous places in the world in which to live, dine and shop. The Golden Triangle, with Rodeo Drive at its center, is being marketed as the shopping destination of a lifetime.–Inquirer Research
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