Encino is a district of Los Angeles, California, located in the central portion of the southern San Fernando Valley. Encino is bordered by Tarzana on the west, the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area on the north, Sherman Oaks on the east, and the Encino Reservoir of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on the south. The district's boundaries are roughly Mulholland Drive on the south, Lindley Avenue on the west, Victory Boulevard on the north, and the San Diego Freeway on the east. As of the 2000 Census, the population of Encino was 40,946, with a population density 3,864.9 per square mile.