Florida, The Sunshine State

Florida is a low peninsula state of the southeast United States between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Florida was admitted as the 27th state in 1845. It was one of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

The state of Florida is bordered by Georgia and Alabama. Tallahassee is the capital and Jacksonville the largest city of Florida. FL is the abbreviation of Florida.

The nickname of the state of Florida is the "sunshine state". Juan Ponce de León discovered and settled on the peninsula on Easter Sunday, March 27, 1513, which is known as Pascua Florida in Spanish. 'Florida' is a Spanish adjective that means flowery.

Florida's economy is mainly based on tourism industry. The sunny weather and hundreds of miles of beautiful beach attracts the tourists from all parts of the world. The florida vacation, florida beach vacation, florida golf vacation and florida vacation packages are the most coveted holiday.

The orange blossom state, Florida is home of Walt Disney World, an amusement park near Orlando, and many other theme parks. The Walt Disney World Resort with four theme parks, numerous water parks, exquisite florida hotels, shopping centers are major tourist attractions of the state.

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The state is also home to the Kennedy Space Center. St. Augustine, located on the coast of Northern Florida, is the oldest city in the United States, settled in the sixteenth century by Spain.

Destin, Jacksonville, Key West, Miami, Naples, Tampa, Saint Petersburg, Hialeah, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Pembroke Pines and Hollywood are the gem cities of Florida.

Destin is commonly known as 'The World's Luckiest Fishing Village'. Jacksonville or J-Ville is dubbed as "Where Florida Begins". Key West is known as the Southernmost City. Miami is nicknamed as the "Magic City". Orlando is widely known as "The Imaginary City". Tallahassee is popularly dubbed as "Tally-Ho" or "The Hill" and Tampa is nicknamed as "The Cigar City".

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