Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in Florida, a state of the United States. It has a population of about 384,959 people as of 2020.[5] Tampa is the 3rd largest city in Florida, and the 49th most populous city in the USA.
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| Coordinates: 27°56′51″N 82°27′31″W / 27.94750°N 82.45861°WCoordinates: 27°56′51″N 82°27′31″W / 27.94750°N 82.45861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| County | Hillsborough |
| Settled (Fort Brooke) | 1823 |
| Incorporated (Village of Tampa) | January 18, 1849 |
| Incorporated (Town of Tampa) | September 10, 1853 and August 11, 1873 |
| Incorporated (City of Tampa) | December 15, 1855[a] and July 15, 1887 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Strong Mayor–Council |
| • Mayor | Jane Castor (D) |
| • Legislative | Tampa City Council |
| Area | |
| • City | 175.83 sq mi (455.40 km2) |
| • Land | 114.02 sq mi (295.30 km2) |
| • Water | 61.82 sq mi (160.10 km2) 35.3% |
| • Urban | 968.9 sq mi (2,509.5 km2) |
| • Metro | 2,554 sq mi (6,610 km2) |
| Elevation | 48 ft (14.6 m) |
| Population (2020)[5] | |
| • City | 384,959 |
| • Estimate (2024)[5] | 414,547 |
| • Rank | 49th in the US |
| • Density | 3,376.4/sq mi (1,303.6/km2) |
| • Urban | 2,783,045 (US: 17th) |
| • Urban density | 2,872.3/sq mi (1,109.0/km2) |
| • Metro | 3,175,275 (US: 18th) |
| GDP | |
| • Tampa (MSA) | $219.4 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 33601–33626, 33629–33631, 33633–33635, 33637, 33646, 33647, 33650, 33655, 33660–33664, 33672–33675, 33677, 33679–33682, 33684–33689, 33694[9] |
| FIPS code | 12-71000[10] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0292005[11] |
| Website | www |
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Sports
Tampa is the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Storm.
People from Tampa
- Brittany Snow (born 1986), actress
- Derek Bell (born 1968), professional baseball player
- Salha "Mama" Bobo (c. 1900 – 2001), Ybor business pioneer
- Ray Charles (1930–2004), blind blues singer, pianist
- Aaron Carter (born 1987), actor/singer
- Oba Chandler (born 1946) murderer (lived there since early 80s)
- Hulk Hogan (born 1953), actor/wrestler
Tampa, Florida Media
- Ft. Brooke Cannon.jpg
A surviving Ft. Brooke cannon on the University of Tampa campus
- Fortbrooke.jpg
Barracks and tents at Fort Brooke in Tampa Bay
- Port Tampa Inn.jpg
Port Tampa Inn, with rail line in front of hotel, c. 1900
- Yborcigarfactory.jpg
Ybor's first cigar factory 1916
- Lewis Hine, Cigarmakers, Tampa, Florida, 1909.jpg
Rolling cigars, 1909. Photo by Lewis Hine.
- TampaFranklinStreetNorth.jpg
Franklin Street, looking north past the old Hillsborough County Courthouse, Tampa, 1922
- Downtowntampa1913.jpg
A 1913 panorama of downtown Tampa
- Macdill-worldwarII.jpg
MacDill Air Force Base during World War II
- TampaColor 20151103.jpg
A 2016 Landsat 8 image of the Tampa Bay Region
References
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- ↑ "John Thomas Lesley – 12th Mayor of Tampa". Archived July 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at TampaGov. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
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- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Guzzo, Paul (January 10, 2019). "Are you a Tampan, Tampanian or Tampeño?". Tampa Bay Times. https://www.tampabay.com/tampa/are-you-a-tampan-tampanian-or-tampexf1o-20190110/. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
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- Notes
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