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  2. Tampa Bay area - Wikipedia

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    813, 656, 727, 352, 863 941. The Tampa Bay area is a major metropolitan area surrounding Tampa Bay on the Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States. It includes the main cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater. It is the 17th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with a population of 3,175,275 as of the 2020 U.S. Census.

  3. Central Florida - Wikipedia

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    Central Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida.Different sources give different definitions for the region, but as its name implies it is usually said to comprise the central part of the state, including the Tampa Bay area and the Greater Orlando area, though in recent times the Tampa Bay area has often been described as its own region, with "Central Florida" becoming more synonymous ...

  4. Media in the Tampa Bay area - Wikipedia

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    The first newspaper in Tampa was the Florida Peninsular.. The major daily newspaper serving the area is the Tampa Bay Times.The Tampa Bay Times, which was known as the St. Petersburg Times from 1898 until January 2012, is the largest newspaper by circulation in the southeastern United States at over 400,000, which is over 50% more than Florida's next largest newspaper, the Orlando Sentinel. [2]

  5. Tampa Bay - Wikipedia

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    Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and shallow estuary connected to the Gulf of Mexico on the west-central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay. The largest freshwater inflow into the bay is the Hillsborough River, which flows into Hillsborough Bay in downtown ...

  6. List of city nicknames in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Bradenton – The Friendly City. Cape Coral – Waterfront Wonderland [10] Clewiston – America's Sweetest Town [11] Coconut Creek – Butterfly Capital of the World [12] Coral Gables – The City Beautiful [13] Coral Springs – Everything Under the Sun [14] Crestview – Hub City [15] DeLand – The Athens of Florida [16]

  7. Pinellas County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    View from the top of the Tocobaga mound at Philippe Park Marker at the site of the 1528 Narvaez landing, Jungle Prada, St. Petersburg The McMullen-Coachman Log Cabin, built in 1852, is located at Heritage Village in Largo, Florida, and is the oldest standing structure in Pinellas County [5] The Belleview-Biltmore Hotel built by Henry Plant Battery and guns at Fort De Soto The original span of ...

  8. Sports in the Tampa Bay area - Wikipedia

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    Tampa Bay was rumored to be a front-runner when MLB expanded by two teams in 1991, but Miami and Denver were chosen instead. [13] Finally, in March 1995, St. Petersburg was awarded a major league expansion franchise along with Phoenix. [14] The Tampa Bay Rays began play as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in newly renamed Tropicana Field in 1998.

  9. Lakeland, Florida - Wikipedia

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    2404873 [6] Website. www.lakelandgov.net. Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Located along I-4 east of Tampa and west of Orlando, it is the most populous city in Polk County. As of the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau release, the city had a population of 112,641. [8] Lakeland is a principal city of the Lakeland–Winter Haven ...