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Florida City is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is the southernmost municipality in the South Florida metropolitan area. Florida City is primarily a Miami suburb and a major agricultural area. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 13,085, [3] up from 11,245 in 2010.
SeaWorld's main attraction is its killer whales, several of which are housed in 5.8-million-US-gallon (22,000 m 3) tanks (equivalent to nine Olympic sized swimming pools) [43] that are each known as Shamu Stadium. Shamu was the name of the first killer whale brought to SeaWorld San Diego in the 1960s from the Seattle Marine Aquarium.
On August 12, 1885, the small town of Fort Myers—all 349 residents—was incorporated. At that time, it was the second-largest town on Florida's Gulf Coast south of Cedar Key. [2] In 1885, inventor Thomas Alva Edison was cruising Florida's west coast and stopped to visit Fort Myers. [2] He soon bought 13 acres along the Caloosahatchee River ...