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Burbank, California

Burbank, California
Charter city
City of Burbank
Looking northwest over Burbank from Griffith Park.
Looking northwest over Burbank from Griffith Park.
Official seal of Burbank, California
Seal
Motto: "A city built by People, Pride, and Progress"
Location within Los Angeles County and California
Location within Los Angeles County and California
Coordinates: 34°10′49″N 118°19′42″W / 34.18028°N 118.32833°W / 34.18028; -118.32833Coordinates: 34°10′49″N 118°19′42″W / 34.18028°N 118.32833°W / 34.18028; -118.32833
Country  United States
State  California
County Los Angeles
Founded May 1, 1887
Incorporated July 8, 1911
Named for David Burbank
Government
 • Type Council-manager
 • Mayor Jess Talamantes
 • Vice mayor Will Rogers
 • City council Bob Frutos
Emily Gabel-Luddy
David Gordon
 • Interim-City mgr Ron Davis
 • City treasurer Debbie Kukta
Area
 • Total 17.380 sq mi (45.011 km2)
 • Land 17.341 sq mi (44.913 km2)
 • Water 0.038 sq mi (0.098 km2)  0.22%
Elevation 607 ft (185 m)
Population (April 1, 2010)
 • Total 103,340
 • Estimate (2014) 105,368
 • Rank 15th in Los Angeles County
66th in California
 • Density 5,900/sq mi (2,300/km2)
Time zone Pacific (UTC−8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes 91501–91508, 91510, 91521–91523, 91526
Area codes 747/818
FIPS code 06-08954
GNIS feature IDs 1652677, 2409939
Website burbankca.gov

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The population at the 2010 census was 103,340.

Billed as the "Media Capital of the World" and only a few miles northeast of Hollywood, numerous media and entertainment companies are headquartered or have significant production facilities in Burbank, including The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, NBC, Cartoon Network Studios with the West Coast branch of Cartoon Network, and Insomniac Games. The city is also home to Bob Hope Airport. It was the location of Lockheed's Skunk Works, which produced some of the most secret and technologically advanced airplanes, including the U-2 spy planes that uncovered the Soviet Union missile components in Cuba in October 1962.

Burbank consists of two distinct areas: a downtown/foothill section, in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains, and the flatland section. Burbank is the easternmost city in the San Fernando Valley. Burbank's neighbor, Glendale, is the westernmost city in the San Gabriel Valley. The city was referred to as "Beautiful Downtown Burbank" on Laugh-In and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The city was named after David Burbank, a New Hampshire-born dentist and entrepreneur who established a sheep ranch there in 1867.


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