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See also: Orlando

Orlando is an American city, chief town of the county of Orange, in Florida. It counts today 205.648 inhabitants and 1.800.000 people resident in her agglomeration according to estimates of 2004 carried out by the office of census. It is the sixth town of Florida, and the first located inside the grounds of the State.

It is especially known for its complex of leisures Disneyworld created by the Walt Disney Company in 1971, as for the Universal Orlando Resort (1991). One also finds in the city a largest SeaWorld and Mac Donald's of the world. The center of the east city in the course of restoration, with the creation of a new park with topic, Gatorland. Orlando attracts 52 million tourists per annum and is the second hotel city of the country. Orlando is one of the cities which knew the most important contribution of population of the the United States of America, many reprocessed having come to settle in Orlando for its softness of living, its geographical location and its climate; characters which it shares with the remainder of the Sun Belt. The airport of Orlando is thus the fourteenth more important of the country in term of traffic.

The name of Orlando comes from a soldier killed during the American Civil War, Orlando Reeves, and its nickname is " The City Beautiful" (the beautiful city) but a competition for A-grade officials was launched to define new. The symbol of Orlando is the fountain of the Lac Eola. The current mayor names Buddy Dyer.

Geography

Orlando is located at 28°32' 1" North, 81°22' 33" West. According to the Office of Census, the city has a surface of 261,5 km ² (242,2 km ² of grounds, 19,3 km ² of water, are 7,39% of the total).

Orlando does not have a rival with regard to the number of lakes located in its urban surface, put aside the Twin Cities (Mineapolis and Saint Paul). One counts there indeed more than the 100 lakes, largest being the Lac S Apopka, Eustis, Griffin, Harney, Harris, Jesup, Monroe, Sand Lake, Conway, and Tohopekaliga.

With regard to its climate, it is similar to that of the remainder of the Péninsule of Florida: heat and wet all the year with sometimes of the cold days in Winter. The year is divided into two seasons of about equal durations.

Among the 115 districts of Orlando, most known are:

Transport

Twinnings

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External bonds

  • Official site

  • Guide of the city

Simple: Orlando, Florida

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