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Tampa Florida
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Tampa's crown jewel is Ybor City, the historic Cuban
neighborhood. It's fun to amble down its shady
brick-paved streets, following your nose to bakeries to
buy fragrant loaves of Cuban bread or to shops where
tabaqueros hand roll fine cigars. Tampa also has real
animals in abundance: sharks and rays at the Florida
Aquarium and the more lovable manatees at the zoo. At
Busch Gardens -it predates Walt Disney World, visitors
can ride across re-created African plains in a safari
truck, stopping to hand-feed roaming giraffes.
- Founded: 1824 (incorporated 1887)
- Head Official: Mayor Pam Iorio (NP)
(since April 2003)
- City Population
- 1980: 271,577
- 1990: 280,015
- 2000: 303,447
- 2003 estimate: 317,647
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 8.1%
- U.S. rank in 1990: 55th (State rank: 3rd)
- U.S. rank in 2000: 57th (State rank: 3rd)
- Metropolitan Area Population
- 1980: 1,614,000
- 1990: 2,067,959
- 2000: 2,395,997
- Percent change, 1990–2000: 15.9%
- U.S. rank in 1990: 21st
- U.S. rank in 2000: 20th
- Area: 112.1 square miles (2000)
- Elevation: Ranges from sea level to about
48 feet above sea level
- Average Annual Temperature: 73.1° F
- Average Annual Precipitation: 44.8 inches
- Major Economic Sectors: wholesale and
retail trade, services, government
- Unemployment rate: 3.5% (December 2004)
- Per Capita Income: $29,728 (2002)
- 2002 FBI Crime Index Total: 35,380
- Major Colleges and Universities:
University of South Florida, University of Tampa,
St. Petersburg College
- Daily Newspaper: Tampa Tribune; St.
Petersburg Times
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