KESQ, CA
Feb 23 2007

Armenian capital Yerevan named a sister city to Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES Los Angeles has another sister city.

Today the City Council gave the Armenian capital of Yerevan the
distinction that 21 other cities share.

Yerevan, located in eastern Armenia, was founded in 782 B-C and has a
population of one-point-two (m) million people.

In recognizing the designation, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Los
Angeles is home to the largest Armenian population outside of
Armenia.

Los Angeles has sister cities on six different continents. They
include Berlin, Germany; Aukland, New Zealand; Jakarta, Indonesia and
Mumbay, India.