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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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| City of Fort Lauderdale | |||
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| Coordinates: 26°8′N 80°9′W / 26.133°N 80.150°WCoordinates: 26°8′N 80°9′W / 26.133°N 80.150°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America | ||
| State |  Florida | ||
| County |  Broward | ||
| Established | March 27, 1911 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Commission-Manager | ||
| • Mayor | Jack Seiler (D) | ||
| • Vice Mayor | Robert L. McKinzie[1] | ||
| • Commissioners | Bruce G. Roberts, Dean J. Trantalis, and Romney Rogers[2] | ||
| • City Manager | Lee R. Feldman[3] | ||
| • City Clerk | Arleen Gross[4] | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 36.31 sq mi (94.05 km2) | ||
| • Land | 34.62 sq mi (89.67 km2) | ||
| • Water | 1.69 sq mi (4.37 km2) 9.87% | ||
| Elevation | 9 ft (2.75 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • City | 165,521 | ||
| • Estimate (2016) | 178,752 | ||
| • Density | 5,162.81/sq mi (1,993.39/km2) | ||
| • Metro | 5,762,717 (US: 8th) | ||
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) | ||
| ZIP codes | 33301, 33304-33306, 33308-33309, 33312-33313, 33315-33316, 33334, 33394[7] | ||
| FIPS code | 12-24000 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0282693[8] | ||
| Website | www | ||
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the state of Florida in the United States. It is 23 miles (37 km) north of Miami. As of 2010, the city of Fort Lauderdale had a population of 165,521.
The city is a popular tourist destination. It had 10.35 million visitors in 2006.[9]
Climate
Despite not being below the Tropic of Cancer, Fort Lauderdale has a Tropical Rainforest (Af) Climate with a long hot year with no true dry season.
References
- ↑ "City of Fort Lauderdale, FL: Vice Mayor Robert L. McKinzie". www.fortlauderdale.gov. http://www.fortlauderdale.gov/government/city-commission/commissioner-robert-l-mckinzie. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ↑ "City of Fort Lauderdale, FL: City Commission". www.fortlauderdale.gov. http://www.fortlauderdale.gov/government/city-commission. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ↑ "City of Fort Lauderdale, FL : About the City Manager's Office". www.fortlauderdale.gov. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20150320065740/http://www.fortlauderdale.gov/departments/city-manager-s-office/welcome-page. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ↑ "City of Fort Lauderdale, FL : Board and Committee Information". www.fortlauderdale.gov. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518071513/http://www.fortlauderdale.gov/departments/city-clerk-s-office/board-and-committee-information. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ↑ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2016_Gazetteer/2016_gaz_place_12.txt. Retrieved Jul 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Fort Lauderdale, United States Page". Falling Rain Genomics. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/12/Fort_Lauderdale.html. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ↑ "Fort Lauderdale, Florida Zip Code Boundary Map (FL)". http://www.zipmap.net/Florida/Broward_County/Fort_Lauderdale.htm. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau (March 2007). "Greater Fort Lauderdale 2006 Statistics". Press release. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929000625/http://www.sunny.org/media/index.cfm?action=showArticle&articleID=447. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
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