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West Hollywood, a city in Los Angeles County, California, was founded on 29 November 1984. The city, along with Beverly Hills, is surrounded completely by the City of Los Angeles. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which provides police services for the city, the total residential population is just over 37,000, however, the nighttime and weekend population swells to between 80,000 and 100,000, with a high of up to 500,000 during major events such as Halloween or the Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade. The district is one of the most notable gay villages in the United States.

West Hollywood is bordered on the north by the Santa Monica Mountains, on the east by the Hollywood District of Los Angeles, on the west by the city of Beverly Hills and on the south by the Fairfax District of Los Angeles.

While West Hollywood is technically a distinct city, it is culturally very much a part of Hollywood and the rest of Los Angeles.

The West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval is an event that takes place annually on October 31. The largest Halloween street party in the United States (spanning over one mile of Santa Monica Boulevard from La Cienega Boulevard on the East to Doheny and the Beverly Hills border on the West), the 2005 Carnaval was reported to have more than 350,000 people in attendance, with some traveling from other countries specifically for this event and has already been estimated to have peaked over 500,000 this year where pop diva Tiffany performed and was named honorary mayor of the city.

Christopher Street West ("CSW")
CSW is a Gay Pride parade and festival that was first held in June 1970 in Hollywood to commemorate the first anniversary of Stonewall riots in New York. After incorporation, the event moved to West Hollywood and is typically held the second weekend in June so as not to conflict with the larger celebrations in San Francisco and New York City, and with Father's Day.

Frontrunners GLBT Pride Run is a 5k/10k run/walk held on the Sunday morning of GLBT Pride.

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