Thai Town, Los Angeles
Thai Town | |
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Thai Town neighborhood sign located at the intersection of Normandie Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard. | |
Thai Town Location within Central Los Angeles | |
| Coordinates: 34°06′06″N 118°18′17″W / 34.101735°N 118.30466°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Los Angeles |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
Thai Town (Thai: ไทยทาวน์) is a neighborhood in Central Los Angeles, California. In 2008, it was one of the five Asian Pacific Islander neighborhoods in the city—along with Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Historic Filipinotown, and Koreatown—that received federal recognition as a Preserve America neighborhood. It is one of two officially recognized Thai Towns in the United States apart from Thai Town in New York City which recognized by the New York City Council in 2022.