Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California, located 28 miles southeast of Los Angeles. As of 2006, the city population was 342,410, making it the tenth-largest city in California and 56th-largest in the United States. Anaheim is the second most populous city in Orange County (behind Santa Ana) but largest in terms of land area, and it is known for its theme parks, sports teams, and convention center.
Founded by fifty German families in 1857 and incorporated on February 10, 1870, Anaheim developed into an industrial center, producing electronics, aircraft parts, and canned fruit. It is the site of the Disneyland Resort, a world-famous grouping of theme parks and hotels which opened in 1955, Angel Stadium, Honda Center, and Anaheim Convention Center, the largest convention center on the American West Coast. Its name is a blend of "Ana", after the nearby Santa Ana River, and "heim", a common Upper German place name compound originally meaning "home".