Tampa, Florida
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| City of Tampa | |||
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| Nickname(s): "Cigar City", "The Big Guava" | |||
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| Coordinates: 27°56′50″N 82°27′31″W / 27.94722°N 82.45861°WCoordinates: 27°56′50″N 82°27′31″W / 27.94722°N 82.45861°W | |||
| Country |  United States |
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| State |  Florida |
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| County | Hillsborough | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Bob Buckhorn (D) | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 170.6 sq mi (441.9 km2) | ||
| • Land | 112.1 sq mi (290.3 km2) | ||
| • Water | 58.5 sq mi (151.6 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 48 ft (14.6 m) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| • City | 332,888 | ||
| • Density | 2,969.6/sq mi (1,146.7/km2) | ||
| • Urban | 2.7 million | ||
| • Metro | 4 million | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| Area code(s) | 813 | ||
| FIPS code | 12-71000[1] | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0292005[2] | ||
| Website | City of Tampa official website | ||
Tampa is a city in Florida, a state of the United States. It has a population of about 340,000 people as of 2008. Tampa is the 53rd largest city in the USA.
Sports [change]
Tampa is the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Storm.
People from Tampa [change]
- 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 their since early 80s)
- Hulk Hogan (born 1953), actor/wrestler
References [change]
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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