Florida - Floryda

Florida
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Main information
Capital cityMiami
Political systemFederal state
CurrencyUSD
Surface170.5 thousand km²
Population19 317 568 (2012)
TongueEnglish
religionProtestantism (48%), Catholicism (26%)
Time zoneEastern: UTC-5 / -4
Time zoneEastern: UTC-5 / -4
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Florida - state in the southeast Of the United Stateson Florida peninsula surrounded by water Gulf of Mexico in the west and The Atlantic Ocean on the east.

Florida is bordered to the north by Georgia and Alabama.

Characteristic

Florida is called The state of the sun and there are significant facts behind it: 1,400 km of beaches, over 30,000 lakes, and Florida Keys - a long chain of islands stretching from the southern tip to the National Park EvergladesFor sports enthusiasts there are golf courses, tennis, water sports (surfing, windsurfing, water skiing, diving).Fort Lauderdale, with hundreds of miles of waterways, it is called the "Venice of America". The city lies at the heart of Florida's golden coast. It is also famous for its exotic restaurants, nightclubs, discos, theaters and its friendly, relaxed people.

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Counties in the state of Florida

Alachua Baker Bay Bradford Brevard Broward Calhoun Charlotte Citrus Clay Collier Columbia DeSoto Dixie Duval Escambia Flagler Franklin Gadsden Gilchrist Glades Gulf Hamilton Hardee Hendry Hernando Highlands Hillsborough Holmes Indian River Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Lake Lee Lee Leon Levy Liberty Madison Manatee Marion Martin Martin Miami-Dade Monroe Nech Okobalo Nech Orange Osceola Palm Beach Pasco Pinellas Polk Putnam Santa Rosa Sarasota Seminole St. Johns St. Lucie Sumter Suwannee Taylor Union Volusia Wakulla Walton Washington

Worth seeing

The state has 3 national parks, two US national monuments, two national landscape conservation areas, and 161 state parks.

The most interesting objects are:

  1. Amusement park
  2. Biscayne National Park
  3. Dry Tortugas National Park
  4. Everglades National Park
  5. Kennedy Space Center
  6. Walt Disney World Resort
  7. SeaWorld
  8. Universal Orlando

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