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Nearest city: Crystal River, Florida: ... The 80-acre (32 ha) refuge (only accessible by boat) was established in 1983, to protect the West Indian manatee.
The Sarasota metropolitan area is a metropolitan area located in Southwest Florida.The metropolitan area is defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) consisting of Manatee County and Sarasota County.
City 1920 369 Altha: Calhoun: 496 1.3 sq mi 3.5 km 2: Mayor–council Town 1946 329 Anna Maria: Manatee: 968 0.74 sq mi 1.9 km 2: Mayor–commission City 1923 278 Apalachicola† Franklin: 2,341 1.9 sq mi 5.0 km 2: Mayor–commission City 1831 54 Apopka: Orange: 54,873 34.6 sq mi 89.5 km 2: Mayor–commission City 1882 187 Arcadia† DeSoto ...
Crystal River, Florida, is home to just over 3,000 residents, but it's the town's aquatic population—manatees in particular—that make the tiny town truly special.
Manatee County is a county in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 399,710. [1] Manatee County is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat and largest city is Bradenton. [2]
Parrish is an unincorporated community in northwestern Manatee County, Florida, United States. [3]The community is located near the intersection of U.S. 301 and State Road 62 and is part of the North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Bradenton (/ ˈ b r eɪ d ən t ən / BRAY-dən-tən) is a city in and the county seat [8] of Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population is 55,698, up from 49,546 at the 2010 census. It is a principal city in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The manatee is protected by the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act of 1978, which states: "It is unlawful for any person, at any time, intentionally or negligently, to annoy, molest, harass, or disturb ...