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Florida (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 28 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 28.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 082 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -82.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: On low-lying peninsula inhabited by 8,000 BCE; farming began by 500 BCE, with hunters/fishers living in N and some immigration from Cuba and Bahamas; Seminoles lived here in 19th cen.; Spanish arrived in 16th century, but major European influx came in 19th century. |
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| Florida (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named by Ponce de León in Spring of 1513, after "Pascua florida," the "flowery Easter season" |
| FL (C,V,USPS)
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since March 3, 1845 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| capital is .... |
Tallahassee .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Florida, Leon county) [7013938] |
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