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  1. Orlando ( / ɔːrˈlændoʊ / or-LAN-doh) is a city in, and the county seat of, Orange County, Florida, United States. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831 in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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    Fayette County was created in 1832 from the portion of Jackson County east of the Chipola River, with county seat at Ochesee (now in Calhoun County east of Altha).In 1834 it was merged back into Jackson County.

    Five counties in Florida have been renamed. Most renamings occurred between 1845 and 1861, during the first sixteen years of Florida's statehood. One occurred in 1997, when Dade County changed its name to Miami-Dade County.

    Utley, Geo. B. (1908). "Origin of the County Names in Florida". Florida Historical Society Quarterly. 1 (3): 29–35. Retrieved May 25, 2018.

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  2. The Orlando metropolitan area, also known as Central Florida, Greater Orlando, Metro Orlando, as well as for U.S. Census purposes as the Orlando–KissimmeeSanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, is a metropolitan area in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida.

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  3. Coordinates: 28.54°N 81.38°W. Orlando is a city in the center of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County. It contains 307,573 people as of 2020. It is number four among cities in Florida by number of people. The current mayor, or leader, of Orlando is Buddy Dyer. History.

    • July 31, 1875
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  4. Orange County: 095: Orlando: 1824: St. Johns named Mosquito until 1845: The fruit that was the county's main product: 1287.56 1,429,908: 908 sq mi (2,352 km 2) Osceola County: 097: Kissimmee: 1887: Brevard and Orange: Osceola (1804–1838), a leader of the Seminole during the Second Seminole War: 208.90 388,656: 1,322 sq mi (3,424 km 2) Palm ...

  5. Downtown Orlando is the historic core and central business district of Orlando, Florida, United States. It is bordered by Marks Street in the north, Mills Avenue ( SR 15 ) in the east, Orange Blossom Trail ( US 441 ) in the west, and Kaley Avenue in the south.

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