The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Native Americans began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. They left behind artifacts and archeological evidence. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records. The state received its name from this Spanish conquistador, who ...

Florida is a state in the southeast United States.It is a peninsula, which means that water surrounds the state on three of four possible sides.To the west is the Gulf of Mexico, to the south is the Florida Straits, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean.As of 2015, the population of Florida is 20,271,272. The highest elevation in Florida is Britton Hill

Florida City is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States and is the southernmost municipality in the South Florida metropolitan area.Florida City is primarily a Miami suburb and a major agricultural area.. The city lies to the south and west of, and is contiguous with, Homestead.Both cities suffered catastrophic damage in August 1992 when Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida.

Orlando (/ ɔːr ˈ l æ n d oʊ /) is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Orange County.Located in Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in July 2017. These figures make it the 23rd-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the sixth-largest ...

In 2012 in Florida, a staggering 88% of all license suspensions were due to failure to comply with summons or fines, which is insane.It also leaves only 12% for Florida’s other most common violations: accidentally taking your golf cart on the freeway, feeding meth to an alligator, feeding an alligator to a meth dealer, and being an alligator meth dealer.

Tampa is a major city in, and the county seat of, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It is on the west coast of Florida on Tampa Bay, near the Gulf of Mexico.Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay Area.With a population of 392,890 in 2018, Tampa is the third-largest city in Florida, after Miami and Jacksonville.The bay's port is the largest in the state, near downtown's Channel ...

Jacksonville is the most populous city in Florida, the most populous city in the southeastern United States and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits.

The beaches in Florida are among the most popular attractions, sugar white sands washed by warm tropical ocean currents and lined with palm trees. Miami is the center of the mega south Florida metro area, filled with trendy shops, expensive dinning, famous faces, and a Latin vibe. Miami and Fort Lauderdale is home to more cruise ships than anywhere in the world, while more yachts are ...

Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 16, 1979), known professionally as Flo Rida (/ f l oʊ ˈ r aɪ d ə /, floh RY-də), is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Carol City, Florida. His 2007 breakout single "Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and broke the record for digital download sales at the time of its release.Flo Rida's debut studio album, 2008's Mail on ...