Fort Lauderdale, Florida
city in Broward county, Florida, United States
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the state of Florida in the United States. It is 23 miles (37 km) north of Miami. As of 2010, the city of Fort Lauderdale had a population of 165,521.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida | |
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| City of Fort Lauderdale | |
 Downtown Fort Lauderdale | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname(s): Venice of America | |
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 U.S. Census Bureau map | |
  Fort Lauderdale Location in Florida and the United States  Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 26°8′N 80°9′W / 26.133°N 80.150°WCoordinates: 26°8′N 80°9′W / 26.133°N 80.150°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  Florida |
| County |  Broward |
| Established | March 27, 1911 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Commission-Manager |
| • Mayor | Jack Seiler (D) |
| • Vice Mayor | Robert L. McKinzie[1] |
| • Commissioners | Bruce G. Roberts, Dean J. Trantalis, and Romney Rogers[2] |
| • City Manager | Lee R. Feldman[3] |
| • City Clerk | Arleen Gross[4] |
| Area | |
| • City | 36.31 sq mi (94.05 km2) |
| • Land | 34.62 sq mi (89.67 km2) |
| • Water | 1.69 sq mi (4.37 km2) 9.87% |
| Elevation | 9 ft (2.75 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 165,521 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 178,752 |
| • Density | 5,162.81/sq mi (1,993.39/km2) |
| • Metro | 5,762,717 (US: 8th) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 33301, 33304-33306, 33308-33309, 33312-33313, 33315-33316, 33334, 33394[7] |
| Area code(s) | 754, 954 |
| FIPS code | 12-24000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0282693[8] |
| Website | www |
The city is a popular tourist destination. It had 10.35 million visitors in 2006.[9]
ClimateEdit
Despite not being below the Tropic of Cancer, Fort Lauderdale has a Tropical Rainforest (Af) Climate with a long hot year with no true dry season.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "City of Fort Lauderdale, FL: Vice Mayor Robert L. McKinzie". www.fortlauderdale.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ↑ "City of Fort Lauderdale, FL: City Commission". www.fortlauderdale.gov. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ↑ "City of Fort Lauderdale, FL : About the City Manager's Office". www.fortlauderdale.gov. Archived from the original on 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ↑ "City of Fort Lauderdale, FL : Board and Committee Information". www.fortlauderdale.gov. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ↑ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Fort Lauderdale, United States Page". Falling Rain Genomics. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
- ↑ "Fort Lauderdale, Florida Zip Code Boundary Map (FL)". Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "Greater Fort Lauderdale 2006 Statistics" (Press release). Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau. March 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
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