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ARTICLES RELATED TO Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area | | | |  Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - HistorySome historians date Orlando's name to around 1836 when a soldier named Orlando Reeves allegedly died in the area, during the war against the Seminole Indian tribe. It seems, however, that Orlando Reeves (sometimes Rees) operated a sugar mill and plantation about 30 miles (50 km) to the north at Spring Garden in Volusia County, and pioneer settlers simply found his name carved into a tree and assumed it was a marker for a grave site. They thus referred to the area as "O ...
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Climate Orlando is considered to be in a subtropical climate zone. Summer high temperatures average in the low-to-mid 90s °F (mid-30s °C). Its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean in particular allows the sea breeze to cool it, but also keeping humidity high, keeping temperatures stable and making temperatures of 100 °F (38 °C) very rare. Its all-time record high temperature is 102 °F (39 °C), last achieved on May 31, 1945. 100 °F (38 °C) was last reached in 1998 for several days a ...
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Geography Orlando is located at 28°32'1" North, 81°22'33" West (28.533513, -81.375789)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 261.5 km² (100.9 mi²). 242.2 km² (93.5 mi²) of it is land and 19.3 km² (7.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 7.39% water.
Orlando is rivaled only by the Twin Cities in the number of natural lakes to be found in its metropolitan area. The Orlando area is home to more than 100 lakes, the largest of which are Lake Apopka, Eustis, Griffi ...
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Climate Orlando is considered to be in a subtropical climate zone. Summer high temperatures average in the low-to-mid 90s °F (mid-30s °C). Its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean in particular allows the sea breeze to cool it, but also keeps humidity high and temperatures stable. Temperatures of 100 °F (38 °C) are very rare. Orlando's all-time record high temperature is 102 °F (39 °C), achieved on May 31, 1945. 100 °F (38 °C) was reached in 1998 for several days ...
See also:Orlando Florida, Orlando Florida - History, Orlando Florida - Geography, Orlando Florida - Neighborhoods, Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area, Orlando Florida - Climate, Orlando Florida - Economy, Orlando Florida - Transportation, Orlando Florida - Air, Orlando Florida - Roads, Orlando Florida - Rail, Orlando Florida - Buses, Orlando Florida - Education, Orlando Florida - Area institutions of higher education, Orlando Florida - Demographics, Orlando Florida - Culture, Orlando Florida - Area attractions, Orlando Florida - Sports, Orlando Florida - Other, Orlando Florida - Trivial facts, Orlando Florida - Famous people Read more here: » Orlando Florida: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Climate |
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Education Public education is handled by Orange County Public Schools. Some of the larger private schools include Trinity Preparatory School, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Bishop Moore High School, New School of Orlando, Orlando Christian Academy, and Forest Lake Academy.
Orlando Florida - Area institutions of higher education.
Asbury Theological Seminary, Orlando (Dunnam) Campus
Barry University's law school
Brevard Community College (in n ...
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Economy To no surprise, a large part of the Orlando area economy is involved in the tourist industry. Tourism surrounding Orlando is worth billions of dollars to the area's economy. Over 48 million visitors came to the Orlando region in 2004. The convention industry is also critical to the region's economy, due partly to the multitude of attractions available for all age ranges in the area. The Orange County Convention Center, expanded in 2004 to over two million square feet (200,000 m²) of exhibition space, is now the second-large ...
See also:Orlando Florida, Orlando Florida - History, Orlando Florida - Geography, Orlando Florida - Neighborhoods, Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area, Orlando Florida - Climate, Orlando Florida - Economy, Orlando Florida - Transportation, Orlando Florida - Air, Orlando Florida - Roads, Orlando Florida - Rail, Orlando Florida - Buses, Orlando Florida - Education, Orlando Florida - Area institutions of higher education, Orlando Florida - Demographics, Orlando Florida - Culture, Orlando Florida - Area attractions, Orlando Florida - Sports, Orlando Florida - Other, Orlando Florida - Trivial facts, Orlando Florida - Famous people Read more here: » Orlando Florida: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Economy |
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Sports Orlando is home to the Orlando Magic, an NBA pro basketball franchise that plays at the TD Waterhouse Centre in downtown Orlando. The team made it to the NBA Finals in 1995.
The Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League also play at the TD Waterhouse Centre. Since joining the league in 1991, they have become one of the legendary franchises in the young league, having a historic rivalry with the Tampa Bay Storm, two ArenaBowl titles (1998 and 2000), and several historic moments including the league's only shutout to date and a pro ...
See also:Orlando Florida, Orlando Florida - History, Orlando Florida - Geography, Orlando Florida - Neighborhoods, Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area, Orlando Florida - Climate, Orlando Florida - Economy, Orlando Florida - Transportation, Orlando Florida - Air, Orlando Florida - Roads, Orlando Florida - Rail, Orlando Florida - Buses, Orlando Florida - Education, Orlando Florida - Area institutions of higher education, Orlando Florida - Demographics, Orlando Florida - Culture, Orlando Florida - Area attractions, Orlando Florida - Sports, Orlando Florida - Other, Orlando Florida - Trivial facts, Orlando Florida - Famous people Read more here: » Orlando Florida: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Sports |
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 185,951 people, 80,883 households, and 42,382 families residing in the city. The population density is 767.9/km² (1,988.9/mi²). There are 88,486 housing units at an average density of 365.4/km² (946.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 61.10% White, 26.70% African American, 2.90% Asian, 0.34% Native American, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 5.41% from other races, and 2.54% from two or more races. 17.79% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.*Total is greater t ...
See also:Orlando Florida, Orlando Florida - History, Orlando Florida - Geography, Orlando Florida - Neighborhoods, Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area, Orlando Florida - Climate, Orlando Florida - Economy, Orlando Florida - Transportation, Orlando Florida - Air, Orlando Florida - Roads, Orlando Florida - Rail, Orlando Florida - Buses, Orlando Florida - Education, Orlando Florida - Area institutions of higher education, Orlando Florida - Demographics, Orlando Florida - Culture, Orlando Florida - Area attractions, Orlando Florida - Sports, Orlando Florida - Other, Orlando Florida - Trivial facts, Orlando Florida - Famous people Read more here: » Orlando Florida: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Demographics |
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Climate Orlando is considered to be in a subtropical climate zone. Summer high temperatures average in the low-to-mid 90s °F (mid-30s °C). Its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean in particular allows the Sea Breeze to cool it, but also keeping humidity high, keeping temperatures stable and making temperatures of 100 °F (38 °C) very rare. Its all-time record high temperature is 102 °F (39 °C), last achieved on May 31, 1945. 100 °F (38 °C) was last reached in 1998 for several days a ...
See also:Orlando Florida, Orlando Florida - History, Orlando Florida - Geography, Orlando Florida - Neighborhoods, Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area, Orlando Florida - Climate, Orlando Florida - Economy, Orlando Florida - Transportation, Orlando Florida - Air, Orlando Florida - Roads, Orlando Florida - Rail, Orlando Florida - Buses, Orlando Florida - Education, Orlando Florida - Area institutions of higher education, Orlando Florida - Demographics, Orlando Florida - Culture, Orlando Florida - Area attractions, Orlando Florida - Sports, Orlando Florida - Other, Orlando Florida - Trivial facts, Orlando Florida - Famous people Read more here: » Orlando Florida: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Climate |
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Geography Orlando is located at 28°32'1" North, 81°22'33" West (28.533513, -81.375789)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 261.5 km² (100.9 mi²). 242.2 km² (93.5 mi²) of it is land and 19.3 km² (7.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 7.39% water.
Orlando is rivaled only by the Twin Cities in the number of natural lakes to be found in its metropolitan area. The region Orlando occupies is generally low-lying, the only exception being minor sand hills formed ...
See also:Orlando Florida, Orlando Florida - History, Orlando Florida - Geography, Orlando Florida - Neighborhoods, Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area, Orlando Florida - Climate, Orlando Florida - Economy, Orlando Florida - Transportation, Orlando Florida - Air, Orlando Florida - Roads, Orlando Florida - Rail, Orlando Florida - Buses, Orlando Florida - Education, Orlando Florida - Area institutions of higher education, Orlando Florida - Demographics, Orlando Florida - Culture, Orlando Florida - Area attractions, Orlando Florida - Sports, Orlando Florida - Other, Orlando Florida - Trivial facts, Orlando Florida - Famous people Read more here: » Orlando Florida: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Geography |
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Economy To no surprise, a large part of the Orlando area economy is involved in the tourist industry. Tourism surrounding Orlando is worth billions of dollars to the area's economy. Over 48 million visitors came to the Orlando region in 2004. The convention industry is also critical to the region's economy, due partly to the multitude of attractions available for all age ranges in the area. The Orange County Convention Center, expanded in 2004 to over two million square feet (200,000 m²) of exhibition space, is now the second-largest convention com ...
See also:Orlando Florida, Orlando Florida - History, Orlando Florida - Geography, Orlando Florida - Neighborhoods, Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area, Orlando Florida - Climate, Orlando Florida - Economy, Orlando Florida - Transportation, Orlando Florida - Air, Orlando Florida - Roads, Orlando Florida - Rail, Orlando Florida - Buses, Orlando Florida - Education, Orlando Florida - Area institutions of higher education, Orlando Florida - Demographics, Orlando Florida - Culture, Orlando Florida - Area attractions, Orlando Florida - Sports, Orlando Florida - Other, Orlando Florida - Trivial facts, Orlando Florida - Famous people Read more here: » Orlando Florida: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Economy |
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Transportation
Orlando Florida - Air.
Orlando is served primarily by Orlando International Airport, though nearby Orlando Sanford International Airport also serves the area. Orlando Executive Airport is used for charter flights and General Aviation.
Orlando Florida - Roads.
Its major freeway is Interstate 4, which crosses Florida's Turnpike southwest of Downtown Orlando. It is also served by the toll roads of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, particularly the East-Wes ...
See also:Orlando Florida, Orlando Florida - History, Orlando Florida - Geography, Orlando Florida - Neighborhoods, Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area, Orlando Florida - Climate, Orlando Florida - Economy, Orlando Florida - Transportation, Orlando Florida - Air, Orlando Florida - Roads, Orlando Florida - Rail, Orlando Florida - Buses, Orlando Florida - Education, Orlando Florida - Area institutions of higher education, Orlando Florida - Demographics, Orlando Florida - Culture, Orlando Florida - Area attractions, Orlando Florida - Sports, Orlando Florida - Other, Orlando Florida - Trivial facts, Orlando Florida - Famous people Read more here: » Orlando Florida: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Transportation |
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Education Public Education is handled by Orange County Public Schools. Some of the larger private schools include Trinity Preparatory School, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Bishop Moore High School, New School of Orlando, Orlando Christian Academy, and Forest Lake Academy.
Orlando Florida - Area institutions of higher education.
Barry University's law school
Brevard Community College (in nearby Brevard County)
DeVry University, Orlando campu ...
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| | | | Orlando Florida - Metropolitan area: Encyclopedia II - Orlando Florida - Area attractions For more tourist information, see the Wikitravel article.
Also contact:
Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau. 8723 International Drive. (800) 972-3304. The official sales and marketing organization for the Orlando and Orange County area. http://www.orlandoinfo.com.
The Orlando area is home to a wide variety of tourist attractions, including the Walt Disney World resort, SeaWorld Orlando, and Universal Orlando Resort. The Walt Disney World resort is the area's largest attraction with ...
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