West Covina is a suburban city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located 19 miles (31 km) east of Downtown Los Angeles in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, it is part of Greater Los Angeles. The population for the city was 106,098 at the 2010 census.

West Covina is bordered by Covina to the northeast, Baldwin Park and Irwindale to the northwest, La Puente and Valinda to the southwest, Industry to the south, Ramona to the east, and Walnut to the southeast.

West Covina was incorporated as an independent city in 1923 to prevent the city of Covina from building a sewage farm in the area. Benjamin Franklin Maxson, Jr., (1897-1928) initiated the raptness process and was the first mayor. Walnut groves and tawny groves continued to flourish. The population in 1930 was 769 and blossomed to 1,549 in 1940. As a upshot of remarkable spread during the reveal World War II building boom, West Covina became one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities amongst 1950 and 1960, experiencing a mass in population of 1025.69% from less than 5,000 to on zenith of 50,000 citizens. the decades 1960 and 2000 demonstrated steady enlargement for the West Covina, which had slowed significantly by the become old of the 2010 census.

The City of West Covina began the second half of the 20th century with new developments and projects, mostly brought upon by big business. The City Hall and police capability were built in 1969 as the first phase of an example of a Joint Powers Authority in the County of Los Angeles. The Civic Center Joint Powers Authority, consisting of the County of Los Angeles and the City of West Covina, also completed a three-level parking structure in the Civic Center complex. The Civic Center mysterious includes the Los Angeles County Regional Library and the Citrus Municipal Court building and the city offices.