Anaheim is a city in Orange County in southwestern California, in the southeast section of the metropolitan region centered on Los Angeles, in the United States of America.
Manufactures include electronic equipment, batteries, printed materials, and processed food.
Anaheim is a convention and tourist center. Disneyland amusement park and the large Anaheim Convention Center are located in the city.
It is also home to the Los Angeles Angels professional baseball team, which plays at Angel Stadium, and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim professional ice hockey team, which plays at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.
Museums include the Bowers Museum and Kidseum and the Anaheim Museum, which houses artefacts and exhibits on the history of the city.
Anaheim was founded in 1857 by German immigrants. The city’s name is derived from the nearby Santa Ana River and from heim, German for "home". The settlers made the community into a wine-producing region. Most grapevines were killed by disease in the late 1800s, but later productive citrus groves were developed.
Anaheim incorporated as a city in 1876. The city began a period of expansion in the 1950s with the opening of Disneyland and underwent extensive redevelopment during the 1970s. Revitalization of the downtown area began in the early 1990s.