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Location of the state of Florida in the United States of America. The state of Florida has numerous symbols defined by state statutes. The majority of the symbols were chosen after 1950; only the two oldest symbols—the state flower (chosen in 1909), and the state bird (chosen in 1927), and the state nickname (chosen in 1970)—are not listed in the 2010 Florida Statutes. [1]
El Sentinel del Sur de Florida (Spanish for "South Florida Sentinel") is a weekly Spanish-language newspaper published in Deerfield Beach, Florida by the South Florida Sun Sentinel Company, a subsidiary of Tribune Publishing of Chicago, which also publishes the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. El Sentinel began publication on October 12, 2002.
Aerial view of the town of La Florida, Depto. Cruz Alta, Tucumán. La Florida y Luisiana is a rural community ('Comuna Rural') in Cruz Alta Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina. It lies to the east of Alderetes, which is part of the Greater Tucumán metropolitan area. It is also home to the La Florida football team.
Pablo de Hita y Salazar: 1675 – 1680 Juan Márquez Cabrera: 1680 – 1687 Pedro de Aranda y Avellaneda: 1687 acting Diego de Quiroga y Losada: 1687 – 1693 Laureano de Torres y Ayala, Marquis of Casa Torres 1693 – 1699 finishing the built of the Castillo de San Marcos; Later served as royal governor of Cuba José de Zúñiga y la Cerda ...
La Florida y Luisiana, a community in Cruz Alta Department, Argentina Club Social y Deportivo La Florida, a football team based in La Florida y Luisiana; La Florida, Chile, a commune in Santiago Province; La Florida, Nariño, a municipality in Nariño District, Colombia; La Florida (wetland), a wetland and park in Funza, close to Bogotá
Sweetwater is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,363, [2] up from 13,499 in 2010. [5]
Ponce de León spotted and landed on the peninsula on April 2, 1513. He named it Florida (colloquially la Florida) in recognition of the flowery, verdant landscape and because it was the Easter season, which the Spaniards called Pascua Florida (Festival of Flowers). The following day they came ashore to seek information and take possession of ...
Spanish Florida (Spanish: La Florida) was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery. La Florida formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and the Spanish Empire during Spanish colonization of the Americas.