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Orlando ( / ɔːrˈlændoʊ / or-LAN-doh) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831 in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States ...
Downtown Orlando is the historic core and central business district of Orlando, Florida, United States. It is bordered by Marks Street in the north, Mills Avenue ( SR 15) in the east, Orange Blossom Trail ( US 441) in the west, and Kaley Avenue in the south. There are several distinct neighborhoods in downtown; "North Quarter" to the north ...
Greater Orlando. / 28.54°N 81.38°W / 28.54; -81.38. The Orlando metropolitan area (officially, for U.S. Census purposes, the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area) is an inland metropolitan area in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. Its principal cities are Orlando, Kissimmee and Sanford.
Orange County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 1,429,908, making it the fifth-most populous county in Florida and the 28th-most populous county in the United States. [ 4][ 7] Its county seat is Orlando, [ 8] which, along with it being the county's largest ...
Florida ( / ˈflɒrɪdə / ⓘ FLORR-ih-də) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south. About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of ...
Disney selected Orlando over several other sites for an updated and expanded version of their Disneyland Park in California. In 1971, the Magic Kingdom , the first component of the resort, opened and became Florida's best-known attraction, attracting tens of millions of visitors a year.
Wendy Taylor (2003), Orlando & Central Florida, Lonely Planet, OL 19289916M; Geraldine Fortenberry Thompson (2003). Orlando, Florida. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. Tana Mosier Porter (2004). "Segregation and Desegregation in Parramore: Orlando's African American Community". Florida Historical Quarterly. 82 (3): 289–312.
Pages in category "History of Orlando, Florida". The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . History of Orlando, Florida. Timeline of Orlando, Florida.