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Orlando, Florida

Orlando (/ɔːrˈlænd/ or-LAN-doh) is a city in, and the county seat of, Orange County, Florida, United States. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831 in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami and Tampa Bay. Orlando had a city population of 307,573 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa. It is the state's most populous inland city.

"Orlando" redirects here. For other uses, see Orlando (disambiguation).

Orlando

1843 (1843)

July 31, 1875 (1875-07-31)

February 4, 1885 (1885-02-04)

Orlando Reeves, a soldier killed during the Seminole War

Members
  • Jim Gray (R)
  • Tony Ortiz (R)
  • Robert Stuart (D)
  • Patty Sheehan (D)
  • Regina Hill (D)
  • Bakari F. Burns (D)

119.08 sq mi (308.41 km2)

110.85 sq mi (287.10 km2)

8.23 sq mi (21.31 km2)

644.61 sq mi (1,669.5 km2)

89 ft (27 m)

307,573

2,774.65/sq mi (1,071.30/km2)

1,853,896 (26th U.S.)

2,876.0/sq mi (1,110.4/km2)

2,691,925 (23rd U.S.)

4,222,422 (15th U.S.)

Orlandoan

$194.5 billion (2022)

32801-32812, 32814-32822, 32824-32837, 32839, 32853-32862, 32867-32869, 32872, 32877-32878, 32885-32887, 32891, 32896-32897, 32899

12-53000

2404443[1]

Orlando is one of the most-visited cities in the world primarily due to tourism, major events, and convention traffic. It is the third-most visited city in the U.S. after New York City and Miami, with over 2.9 million visitors as of 2022.[4] Orlando International Airport is the 13th-busiest airport in the United States and the 29th-busiest in the world.[5] The two largest and most internationally renowned tourist attractions in the Orlando area are the Walt Disney World Resort, opened by the Walt Disney Company in 1971 and located about 21 miles (34 km) southwest of downtown Orlando in Bay Lake, and the Universal Orlando Resort, opened in 1990 as a major expansion of Universal Studios Florida and the only theme park inside Orlando city limits.


With the exception of the theme parks, most major cultural sites like the Orlando Museum of Art and Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and world-renowned nightlife, bars and clubs are located in Downtown Orlando. Other attractions like The Wheel at ICON Park are located along International Drive. The city is also one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions; Orange County Convention Center is the second-largest convention facility in the United States.


Like other major cities in the Sun Belt, Orlando grew rapidly from the 1960s into the first decade of the 21st century. Orlando is home to the University of Central Florida, which became the largest university campus in the United States in terms of enrollment as of 2015. In 2010, Orlando was listed as a "Gamma+" level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.[6]

1988, 441 ft (134 m), formerly SunTrust Center it's the tallest skyscraper in Greater Orlando[31]

200 South Orange

2008, 426 ft (130 m)

The Vue at Lake Eola

1997, 416 ft (127 m)

Orange County Courthouse

1988, 409 ft (125 m)

Bank of America Center

2009, 377 ft (115 m)

55 West on the Esplanade

2006, 359 ft (109 m)

Solaire at the Plaza

Church Street Plaza Tower 1, 2019, 315 ft (96 m)

2009, 357 ft (109 m)

Dynetech Center

Regions Bank Tower, 1986, 292 ft (89 m)

2006, 277 ft (84 m)

Premiere Trade Plaza Office Tower II

1971, 281 ft (85 m)

Citrus Center

Citi Tower, 2017, 275 ft (83 m)

SkyHouse Orlando, 2013, 262 ft (80 m)

Modera Central, 2018, 260 ft (76 m)

The Waverly on Lake Eola, 2001, 280 ft (85 m)

Downtown Orlando

Winter Park, Florida

Celebration, Florida

Pine Hills, Florida

Windermere, Florida

Dr. Phillips, Florida

Hunter's Creek, Florida

Lake Nona

Parramore

Williamsburg, Florida

Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Bay Lake, Florida

Winter Garden, Florida

Four Corners, Florida

Altamonte Springs, Florida

Meadow Woods, Florida

Debary, Florida

MetroWest

College Park

Baldwin Park

Wedgefield

Avalon

Culture[edit]

Film[edit]

In the mid-to-late 1990s, Orlando was known as "Hollywood East" because of numerous film production studios in the area, although such activity has slowed down considerably into the 2000s. Perhaps the most famous film-making moment in the city's history occurred with the implosion of Orlando's previous City Hall for the movie Lethal Weapon 3. The same year, Orlando native Wesley Snipes starred in the film Passenger 57, which was shot predominantly in his hometown. For the next decade, Orlando was production center for television shows, direct-to-video productions, and commercial production.[76] In 1997, Walt Disney Feature Animation operated a studio in Disney's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World. The feature animation studio produced the films Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and the early stages of Brother Bear, but shutdown in 2004 due to the company's newfound focus on computer animation.[77] Universal Studios Florida's Soundstage 21 is home to TNA Wrestling's flagship show TNA Impact!. Nickelodeon Studios, which through the 1990s produced hundreds of hours of GAK-filled game shows targeted at children, no longer operates out of Universal Studios Florida. In the 2000s–2020s, entertainment related operations have predominantly consolidated the city's tourism-related businesses — namely events, concerts, hotels, and trade shows.[78]


The Florida Film Festival, which takes place in venues throughout the area, is one of the most respected regional film festivals in the country and attracts budding filmmakers from around the world. Orlando's indie film scene has been active since Haxan Film's The Blair Witch Project (1999) and a few years later with Charlize Theron winning her Academy Award for Monster (2003). A Florida state film incentive has also helped increase the number of films being produced in Orlando and the rest of the state.

University of Central Florida

Florida A&M University College of Law

Florida State University College of Medicine

Orlando Business Journal

Orlando Weekly

Bungalower

The Community Paper

(MCO) is Orlando's primary airport and the busiest airport in the state of Florida. The airport serves as a hub and a focus hub city for Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines. The airport serves as a major international gateway for the mid-Florida region with major foreign carriers including Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aer Lingus, Aeroméxico, Air Canada, British Airways, Lufthansa, Emirates Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Latam, and Virgin Atlantic.

Orlando International Airport

(SFB) in nearby suburb of Sanford, Florida serves as a secondary airport for the region and is a focus city airport for Allegiant Air.

Orlando Sanford International Airport

(ORL) near Downtown Orlando serves primarily executive jets, flight training schools, and general small-aircraft aviation.

Orlando Executive Airport

Brazil

Curitiba

China

Guilin

Mexico

Monterrey

France

Seine-et-Marne

Taiwan

Tainan

Japan

Urayasu

Spain

Valladolid

List of people from Orlando, Florida

The Economic Contribution of Conventions: The Case of Orlando, Florida

Official website

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Orlando, Florida