Tampa ( ) is a major city in, and the district center, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. It is on the west coast of Florida in Tampa Bay, near the Gulf of Mexico, and is the largest city in the Tampa Bay Region. The city has a population of 335,709 at the 2010 census, and an estimated population of 377,165 by 2016.
Archaeological evidence suggests Tampa Bay beaches were inhabited by natives for thousands of years. The Safety Harbor culture flourished in the area around AD 1000, and the heads of the Tocobaga and Pohoy tribes lived on or near the Tampa border today when the area was first visited by Spanish explorers in the 16th century. The interactions between the indigenous population and Spain were short and often violent, and although newcomers did not stay long, they introduced a European disease that brought about the collapse of indigenous communities throughout the Florida peninsula over the next few decades. Although Spain claimed the whole of Florida and its surroundings as part of the New Spain, it did not find any colonies on the west coast. After the loss of the indigenous population, there were no permanent settlements in the Tampa Bay area until after the United States acquired Florida from Spain in 1821.
In 1824, the United States Army established a border post called Fort Brooke at the mouth of the Hillsborough River, near the Tampa Convention Center in downtown. The first civilians were pioneer breeders and farmers who settled near the fort for protection from nearby Seminole populations. The city grew slowly, and has been a small delivery port for cattle and oranges during the United States Civil War. Tampa Bay was blocked by the United States Navy during the war, and Tampa fell into a long period of economic stagnation that continued long after the war ended. This situation eventually improved in the 1880s, when the first railway linking, the discovery of phosphates, and the arrival of the cigar industry boosted its development, helping Tampa grow from a remote village of less than 800 inhabitants in 1880 to a crowded place. city ​​of over 30,000 in the early 1900s.
Today, Tampa is part of a metropolitan area most commonly referred to as the "Tampa Bay Area". For the purposes of the U.S. Census, Tampa is part of Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Metropolitan Florida Metropolitan Area. The county's four county comprises some 2.9 million inhabitants, making it the second largest metropolitan area of ​​statistics (MSA) in the state, and the fourth largest in the Southeastern United States, behind Miami, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. The Greater Tampa Bay area has over 4 million inhabitants and generally covers Tampa and Sarasota metro areas.
The Tampa Bay Partnership and US Census data show an average annual growth of 2.47 percent, or an increase of about 97,000 residents per year. Between 2000 and 2006, the Tampa Bay Big Market experienced a combined growth rate of 14.8 percent, growing from 3.4 million to 3.9 million and reaching 4 million inhabitants as of April 1, 2007. The 2012 forecast shows the Tampa Bay area population. has 4,310,524 people and projected 2017 4,536,854 people.
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History
Etymology
When a pioneering community living near the US Army post was Fort Brooke founded in 1849, it was called "The City of Tampa", and the name was shortened to only "Tampa" in 1855. The name's etymology is unclear. The word "Tampa" may mean "fire stick" in the Calusa language, an Native American tribe that once lived south of Tampa Bay today. This may be a reference to the many lightning strikes that the area receives during the summer. Other historians claim the name means "a place to collect a stick". Toponymist George R. Stewart writes that the name was the result of miscommunication between Spain and India, the Indian word being "itimpi", meaning "close".
The first iteration of the name "Tampa" first appeared in the memoirs of Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda (1575), who had spent 17 years as a Calusa prisoner and traveled through many Florida peninsulas. He pronounced it "No" and described it as an important Calusa town on the west coast. While "No" might be the basis for the modern name, archaeologist Jerald Milanich states that Calusa village of No is on the edge of Port Charlotte, which is about 65 miles south of Tampa Bay. A Spanish expedition then paid no attention to Port Charlotte's mouth as it sailed north along the west coast of Florida and assumed that the current Tampa Bay was the bay they were looking for, thus accidentally transferring the name on the Spanish navigation map. Tampa Bay was labeled BahÃÆ'a de EspÃÆ'ritu Santo (Gulf of the Holy Spirit) on a map of early Florida Spain, but came to be known as BahÃÆ'a Tampa (Tampa Bay) as early as 1695.
People from Tampa are commonly known as "Tampans" or "Tampanians". The local authority consulted by Michael Kruse of the Tampa Bay Times stated that "Handsome" was historically more common, while "Tampanian" became popular when the previous term was seen as a potential humiliation. A mixture of Cuban, Italian, and Spanish immigrants began arriving in the late 1800s to live and work in the new communities of Ybor City and West Tampa. Around 1900, these newcomers came to be known as "tampeÃÆ' Â ± os" (or "tampeÃÆ' Â ± as" for women), a term that is sometimes still used to refer to the descendants of those who live in the area.
Indigenous peoples and European explorers
The bank of Tampa Bay has been inhabited for thousands of years. Variations of Weeden Island culture developed in the area around 2000 years ago, with archaeological evidence showing that these people depend on the sea for most of their resources, since most of the inhabited sites have been found at or near the coastline and there are few evidence of agriculture.
At the time of European contact in the early 16th century, the culture of Safety Harbor dominated the area, with indigenous peoples organized into three or four heads around the bay. Early Spanish explorers to visit the area interacted extensively (and roughly) with Tocobaga, whose main city is located at the northern end of Old Tampa Bay near the current Safety Harbor in Pinellas County. Although there are important historical records from Tocobaga (and Calusa, who live far south), there is less documentation depicting the Pohoy chief, who controls the area near the mouth of the Hillsborough River near downtown Tampa today. However, a brief explanation by explorers along with surviving artefacts shows that Pohoy and other groups who had lived in Tampa Bay have a culture and lifestyle that is very similar to Tocobaga that is better documented.
The expedition led by PÃÆ'¡nfilo de NarvÃÆ'¡ez and Hernando de Soto landed near Tampa, but neither the conquistador did last long. There was no gold or natural silver in Florida, and the natives repulsed Spanish efforts to build permanent settlements or convert them into Catholicism. The fighting produced several deaths, but more deaths were caused by infectious diseases brought from Europe, which destroyed Native American populations throughout Florida and throughout the Western Hemisphere. The original culture of the Tampa Bay area has collapsed around 1600, leaving the western coast of Florida Spain largely inhabited and neglected for over 200 years.
In the mid-18th century, events in American colonies and early United States encouraged Seminole people to northern Florida, but they did not move to central Florida until after the United States took control of Florida in 1821. Prior to the American period, the Tampa Bay Region had several residents: Cuban fishermen and Native Americans who set up a small seasonal camp called the "ranchos" on the shore of Tampa Bay. The biggest one is at the mouth of Spanishtown Creek in today's Hyde Park neighborhood along Bayshore Boulevard.
AS. control
After buying Florida from Spain in 1821, the United States built fortifications and trading posts in new territory. Fort Brooke was founded in January 1824 at the mouth of the Hillsborough River in Tampa Bay, in Downtown Tampa.
Tampa was originally an isolated outpost. The rare civilian population practically left the area during the Second Seminole War from 1835 to 1842, after which the Seminoles were forced out and many settlers returned.
Florida became the 27th state in 1845. On January 18, 1849, Tampa was officially included as "The Village of Tampa". It was home to 185 civilians, or 974 total inhabitants including military personnel, in 1850. Tampa reunited as a city on December 15, 1855.
Civil War and Reconstruction
During the Civil War, Florida broke away with most of the southern states to form the Confederate States of America, and Fort Brooke was manned by Confederate forces. The military emergency was declared in Tampa in January 1862, and the Tampa municipality ceased operations during the war.
In 1861, the Union Navy established a blockade around many of the southern ports to cut the Confederacy, and several ships were placed near the mouth of the Tampa Bay. The Battle of Fort Brooke on October 16 and the Battle Ballast Point on 18 October 1863, undermined the Confederacy, with Union forces destroying the blockade of the Confederate blockade. The Civil War ended in April 1865 with the defeat of the Confederacy.
In May 1865, federal troops arrived in Tampa to occupy the citadel and the city as part of the Reconstruction. They remained until August 1869.
Tampa is a fishing village with few people and small industries, and the prospects for development are limited. The chronic yellow fever epidemic of Tampa, borne by mosquitoes from the swamps, was widespread in the late 1860s and 1870s, and many residents remained.
In 1869, the population voted to abolish the Tampa city administration. The population of "Tampa City" was below 800 by 1870, and it had fallen further in 1880. Fort Brooke was disabled in 1883, and except for two cannons shown on the campus of the University of Tampa, all traces of the castle were lost.
economic prosperity 1880s
In the mid-1880s, Tampa's fate took some sudden changes for the better. First, the phosphate was found in the Bone Valley area of ​​southeast Tampa in 1883. Minerals, essential for the production of fertilizers and other products, were immediately shipped out of the Tampa Port in large volumes. Tampa is still a major phosphate exporter.
The discovery of the phosphate, the arrival of the railway Plant, and the establishment of Ybor City and West Tampa - all in the mid-1880s - are essential for the construction of Tampa. The formerly struggling Tampa village became a busy city almost overnight, and it has grown into one of the largest cities in Florida in 1900.
Factory trains
Relatively a narrow South Florida Railroad Henry B. Plant reached Tampa and its harbor at the end of 1883, eventually linking the town to the country's rail system after years of local leaders. Previously, Tampa's land transport network consisted of sandy roads stretching across the Florida countryside. The railroad factory makes it much easier to get goods in and out of the Tampa Bay area. Phosphate and commercial fishery exports can be shipped north by train, and many new products are brought to the Tampa market, along with the first tourists.
Ybor cigars
The new rail links allow other important industries to come to Tampa. In 1885, the Tampa Trade Council lured Vicente Martinez Ybor to move cigar-making operations to Tampa from Key West. Its proximity to Cuba makes importing "Havana tobacco clear" easy by sea, and the Plant's railway makes cigar shipping so easily available to the rest of the US market overland.
Since Tampa was still a small town at the time (population less than 5,000), Ybor built hundreds of small houses around the factory to accommodate the influx of most Cuban and Spanish cigar workers. Ybor City factories launched their first cigars in 1886, and many different cigar manufacturers moved their operations into the city in the following years. Many Italians and some east European Jewish immigrants arrived in the late 1880s, opening businesses and shops serving cigar workers. In 1900, more than 10,000 immigrants moved into the neighborhood. Several thousand more Cuban immigrants built West Tampa, another suburban cigar town founded a few years later by Hugh MacFarlane. Among them, the two "Latin" communities are combined to exponentially expand Tampa's population, economic base, and tax revenues, as Tampa becomes the "World Cigar Capital".
The beginning of the 20th century
During the first few decades of the 20th century, the cigar manufacturing industry was the backbone of the Tampa economy. The factories in Ybor City and West Tampa made a large number of cigars - in the peak year of 1929, more than 500,000,000 cigars rolled into town.
In 1904, local civil associations dubbed themselves Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla (named after local pirate myth Josà ©  Gaspar), and performed an "invasion" of the city followed by a parade. With a few exceptions, the Gasparilla Pirate Festival has been held every year since then.
Bolita and organized crime
Beginning in the late 19th century, illegal bolit lotteries were very popular among the Tampa working class, especially in Ybor City. In the early 1920s, this small operation was taken over by Charlie Wall, a rebel boy from a prominent Tampa family, and became a big-time. Bolita can flourish openly only because of kicks and bribes to local politicians and law enforcement officials, and many take over.
The advantages of the bolita lottery and the prohibition of the Prohibition era led to the development of several organized crime factions in the city. Charlie Wall was the first major boss, but various power struggles culminated in the consolidation of control by Sicilian mafioso Santo Trafficante Sr. and its fractions in the 1950s. After his death in 1954 due to cancer, the control was passed on to his son, St. Trafficante Jr., who formed an alliance with families in New York City and expanded his powers throughout Florida and into the Batista-era Cuba.
A rampant and open era of corruption ended in the 1950s, when a trial trip organized by Estes Kefauver held a criminal hearing to the city and was followed by sensational criminal trials of several local officials. Although many of the worst offenders in the government and the masses were not indicted, the trial helped end the sense of lawlessness that has prevailed in Tampa for decades.
Mid to late 20th century
Tampa grew rapidly as a result of World War II. Prior to US involvement in the conflict, development began at MacDill Field, which served as a major base for the Corps Air Force and then Army Air Force operations before and during World War II, with several additional airfields around the Tampa Bay area and surrounding districts. At the end of the war, MacDill remained an active military installation, while additional fields were returned to civilian control. These two additional fields will become the current Tampa International Airport and St. International Airport. Pete-Clearwater. With the establishment of an independent US Air Force in 1947, MacDill Field became the MacDill Air Force Base.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Tampa witnessed an unprecedented population growth record. This tremendous growth spurred the massive expansion of city streets and bridges, bringing thousands of people to the city and creating opportunities for Tampa business owners to welcome tourists and newcomers to their neighborhoods. It was during this time period in the city's history that two of the most popular tourist spots in the area were developed - Busch Gardens and Lowry Park. Many well-known institutions that played an important role in urban economic development were established during this period.
The University of South Florida was founded in North Tampa in 1956 and opened for students in September 1960. The school spurred the construction of several residential and commercial developments in previously dominated agricultural areas around the new campus. Overall, Tampa continued to expand away from the city center during the 1960s as new hospitals, schools, churches and subdivisions began to emerge to accommodate growth. Many business offices have begun to move from the traditional downtown office building into the more comfortable neighbor's office plaza.
In 1970, the US Census Bureau reported city dwellers as 80.0% white and 19.7% black.
Four attempts have been made to consolidate the Tampa City municipal government with the Hillsborough County county government (1967, 1970, 1971, and 1972), all of which failed at the ballot box; the greatest loss was the most recent effort in 1972, with the final count being 33,160 (31%) supporting and 73,568 (69%) against the proposed charter.
The largest recent growth in the city was the development of New Tampa, which began in 1988 when it annexed most of the roughly 24-square-mile (62Ã, km 2 ) region between I-275 and I-75.
East Tampa, historically a black community, was the scene of several racial riots during and for some time after the period of racial segregation, largely because of problems between the population and the Tampa Police Department.
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Climate and natural environment
Topography
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​175.3 square miles (453.9 km 2 ), including 113.4 square miles (293.7 km 2 ) of soil and 61.8 square miles (160.1 km 2 ) (35.3%) of water. The highest point in the city is only 48 feet (15 m) above sea level. Tampa is bordered by two water bodies, Old Tampa Bay and Hillsborough Bay, which flows together to form Tampa Bay, which in turn flows into the Gulf of Mexico. The Hillsborough River flows into Hillsborough Bay, passes right in front of Downtown Tampa and supplies Tampa's premier fresh water source. The Palm River is a small river that flows from the east of the city to McKay Bay, which is a smaller entrance, located on the northeastern edge of Hillsborough Bay. The geography of Tampa is marked by the Interbay Peninsula that divides Hillsborough Bay (the eastern) from Old Tampa Bay (western part).
Climate zone
The Tampa Bay area has a humid subtropical climate (KÃÆ'¶ppen Cfa ), though due to its location on the Florida peninsula in Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it shows some characteristics of the tropical climate.. The climate of Tampa generally has hot, humid summers with frequent storms and dry and mild dry seasons. Average heights range from 70 to 90 Â ° F (21 to 32 Â ° C) year-round, and lowest 52-76 Â ° F (11 to 24 Â ° C). The city of Tampa is divided into two USDA climate zones. According to the USDA 2012 Map of Cruelty Zone Map, Tampa is listed as a USDA 9b zone north of Kennedy Boulevard away from the bay and 10a near the coastline and on the southern interbay peninsula of Kennedy Boulevard, Zone 10a is about the northern boundary where palms of palms and palms can be planted , although some specimens grew up in northern Tampa. Recently, certain species of palm trees in the area, along with other parts of the country, have been and continue to be heavily influenced by plant diseases called the decline of Texas phoenix's palm, which has caused much damage to the various landscapes of local palm trees and threatens tree species original palm in the region.
Tropical storm
Though threatened by tropical systems almost every hurricane season (which runs from 1 June to 30 November), Tampa rarely feels the great impact of tropical storms or hurricanes. There was no storm that made landfall in the Tampa Bay area immediately since the Tampa Bay storm of 1921 made landfall near Tarpon Springs and caused widespread damage throughout the region.
Three major storms have threatened Tampa in the following decades. Hurricane Donna (1960), Hurricane Charley (2004), and Hurricane Irma (2017) each estimate to make landfall in Tampa Bay from the southwest, the worst path that will result in maximum storm surge throughout the region. However, the three storms turned eastward and made landfall in southwest Florida instead. Irma has the biggest effect in Tampa. It made landfall near Marco Island on September 10, 2017 and moved north, passing through East Hillsborough County as Category 1 storm. Irma caused massive damage in the area, especially the power grid.
Due to tremendous population growth and coastal development since the last storm combined with rising sea levels due to climate change, Tampa and the entire Tampa Bay region is considered one of the most vulnerable areas in the world to be hit directly from major storms.
Seasonal trends
Summer
The pattern of summer weather dominates from around mid-May to mid-October, which roughly coincides with the rainy season. Daily temperatures are very consistent during this period, with daytime heights measuring almost 90 ° F (32 ° C) and lowest in the mid to 70s ° C (23-25 ​​° C ), almost always accompanied by high humidity. Particularly due to the proximity of the large body of water, the official high temperature never reaches 100 ° F (37.8 ° C) - an all-time high temperature record of 99 ° F (37 ° C), recorded on 5 June 1985. The afternoon lightning storm, usually generated by the interaction of Gulf and Atlantic sea winds, was a common occurrence during the summer that the Tampa Bay area and the nearby Central Florida hinterland are recognized as "Lightning Capital" of North America. "The tomorrow's desert occasionally often intensified into a powerful thunderstorm, bringing heavy rain, often lightning, strong straight line winds, and sometimes hail.
Autumn
Average temperatures began to fall in September, and the average daily rainfall also declined in autumn; November is usually the driest month of Tampa. However, the total rainfall in autumn can be increased by passing through the tropical system, which can get rid of a few inches of rain.
Winter
Winter in this area is generally dry and light. The high average temperatures range from low to mid 70s  ° F (21-24  ° C) during the day to low to mid 50s  ° F (10-13  ° C) at night. Occasional cold fronts push through the area, lowering the daytime heights to 50sÃ,  ° F (10-13Ã,  ° C) and night lows to 40s F (5 C) for a day or two. Tampa averages 2 days a year of ice, although a few years may pass without ice.
Since the Tampa area is home to a wide range of farms and aquaculture that is very sensitive to freezing, a hard freeze, though quite rare, is a major concern. Freezing hard (defined as temperature 28Ã, Â ° F (-2,2Ã, Â ° C) or below for several hours) is rare in the Tampa area; every five to twenty years depending on location. The last extensive freeze occurred on the morning of January 18, 2018, when the official temperature at Tampa International Airport dropped to 29 Â ° F (-2 Â ° C). The lowest temperature ever recorded in Tampa was 18 Â ° F (-8 Â ° C) on 13 December 1962. The last measured snow recorded in Tampa fell on January 19, 1977, with the number between traces and 0.2 inches (0 , 5 cm).
Spring
Tampa sees a slow increase in average temperatures beginning in mid-February, and spring brings most of the warm and sunny weather to the area. While temperatures in late spring are close to summer values, the rainy season usually does not begin until June, leading to a brush fire threat from around late March to May. Occasionally, a cold front at the end of the season pushes through the area, potentially bringing a brief spurt of weather followed by several days of undue cold temperatures.
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Cityscape
Nearby Areas
The city is divided into many environments, many of which are unincorporated cities and communities that are annexed by the growing city. In general, the city is divided into the following areas: Downtown Tampa, New Tampa, West Tampa, East Tampa, North Tampa, and South Tampa. Notable neighborhoods include Ybor City, Forest Hills, Ballast Point, Sulfur Springs, Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights, Palma Ceia, Hyde Park, Davis Islands, Tampa Palms, College Hill, and Gary's non-residential area and Westshore Business District.
Architecture
Tampa features a wide variety of architectural designs and styles. Most of the tall buildings in Tampa show post-modern architecture. The design for the renovated Tampa Art Museum features a post-modern architecture, while the town hall and the Tampa Theater are owned by Art Deco architecture.
Tampa Mayor, Pam Iorio, made the redevelopment of downtown Tampa, especially housing construction, a priority. Several residential and mixed building buildings have been built. Another Iorio Mayor's Initiative is the Tampa Riverwalk, a mixed lane along the Hillsborough River in the city center. Channelside was recently approved to undergo major renovations by Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik along with other investors. Several museums are part of the plan, including a new home for the Tampa Bay History Center, Glazer Children's Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art. Mayor Bob Buckhorn continues this development.
Tampa is the site of several skyscrapers. Overall, there are 18 finished buildings that rise more than 250 feet (76 m) tall. The city also has 69 tall buildings, second only to Miami in the state of Florida. The tallest building in the city is 100 North Tampa, formerly the AmSouth Building, which rises 42 floors and 579 feet (176 m) in Downtown Tampa. The structure was completed in 1992, and is the tallest building in Florida outside Miami and Jacksonville.
Landmarks
The Sulfur Springs Water Tower, a landmark in the city of Sulfur Springs, dates from the late 1920s. The boom period for Florida also saw the construction of the ornate film palace, the Tampa Theater, the Mediterranean revival in the Davis Islands, and Bayshore Boulevard, which borders Hillsborough Bay from downtown Tampa to areas in South Tampa. This road has a sidewalk 6 miles (10 km) on the east end, the longest in the world.
The Ybor City District is home to several buildings on the National Register of Historic Places and has been declared a National Historic Landmark. Important structures include El Centro Espaà ± a de Tampa, Centro Asturiano de Tampa and other social clubs built in the early 1900s. Including L'Unione Italiana or Italian Club, located 1731 East 7th Avenue located in Ybor City. The Italian Club Mission "is to preserve and respect the culture, traditions and heritage of the Italian Community and to maintain historical facilities as a memorial that serves for working class immigrants."
The Babe Zaharias Golf Course in the Forest Hills area of ​​Tampa has been designated an Historic Landmark by the National Register of Historic Places. It was purchased in 1949 by the famous "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, who had a nearby residence, and closed after his death. In 1974, the city of Tampa opened a public golf course.
The Story of Tampa, a public painting by Lynn Ash, is a 4-by-8-foot (1.2 mÃÆ' Ã,Ã, 2,4 m) oil on a masonite mural that weaves together many of its leading aspects of Tampa's unique character and identity. It was commissioned in 2003 by the Municipal Public Arts Program and can be found in the lobby of the Tampa City Office Building.
Park Tower (originally First Financial Bank of Florida) is the first major skyscraper in downtown Tampa. Completed in 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in Tampa until the completion of One Tampa City Center in 1981. The Rivergate building, a cylindrical structure known as "Beer Can building", is featured in the movie The Punisher.
The southern part of Tampa Bay is the enormous Sunshine Skyway bridge.
Tampa is home to the Bro Bowl, one of the last skateparks built during the skateboard "Golden Era" in the 1970s. Opened in 1979 and built by Tampa Parks and Recreation. It was the first public skatepark built in Florida and the third on the East Coast.
Demographics
In 2000, the largest European ancestors in the city were Germany (9.2%), Ireland (8.4%), UK (7.7%), Italy (5.6%), and France (2.4% ).
In 2010, there were 157,130 households where 13.5% were vacant. In 2000, 27.6% of households had children under 18 living with them, 36.4% were married couples living together, 16.1% had non-husbands female households, and 42.9% were not family. 33.7% of all households consisted of individuals and 10.2% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.07.
In 2000, the urban population spread by 24.6% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% aged 65 years or older. The median age was 34.7 years. For every 100 women, there are 95.3 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 92.1 men.
In 2006, the average income for households in the city was $ 39,602, and the average income for families was $ 45,823. Men have an average income of $ 40,461 compared to $ 29,868 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 26,522. 20.1% of the population and 16.4% of families are below the poverty line. 31.0% of those under the age of 18 and 13.6% of those aged 65 and older live below the poverty level.
In 2000, English-speaking at home accounted for 77.4% of all residents, while 22.6% spoke other languages ​​in their homes. The most significant are Spanish speakers comprising 17.8% of the population, while French appears as the most spoken language, which comprises 0.6%, and Italy is fourth, with 0.6% of the population.
Religion
The faith community was organized in Tampa from 1846, when the Methodist church established its first church in the city, until 1939, when the twenty-one-year-old Billy Graham began his career as an evangelist and preacher in Franklin Street in the city center, and to this day. Among Tampa's important religious structures is the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, a landmark in the city center of 1905 renowned for the building of a Roman revival in the form of granite and marble with stained-glass windows made in Germany, special stone and mortar. James Episcopal House of Prayer, listed with List of National Historic Sites, and St. Paul AME, who has seen people like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Bill Clinton spoke from his pulpit. The last two have been designated by the city government as Local Landmark Structures.
The Christian religious community includes a wide range of Christian denominations, including the above, and Presbyterian, Lutheran, Christian Science, Lord's Church, United Church of Christ, Philippine Independent Church, Unitarian Universalist, Metropolitan Community Church, Seventh-day Adventist, Eastern Orthodox (Greek, Coptic , Syria, and OCA), various Pentecostal, Anglican, Quaker, Jehovah's Witnesses, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There is also at least one Messianic Jewish congregation in Tampa. There are Korean Baptist churches, Mennonite churches, some Haitian churches, and Vietnamese Baptist Churches. Tampa has several Jewish synagogues that practice Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform. In addition, there is a small community of Zoroaster who is present in Tampa.
Around the city there are several mosques for followers of Islam, as well as Tibetan-style Buddhist temples, Thai Wat Buddhism, and local worship centers for Sikh, Hindu, and Bahár religions. The Church of Scientology, based in Clearwater, maintains the location for its members in Tampa.
Overall, Tampa is 50 of the 51 largest metropolitan areas in the percentage of people attending religious services of any kind.
Economy
Finance, retail, health, insurance, air and sea freight, national defense, professional sports, tourism, and real estate all play an important role in the regional economy. Hillsborough County alone has about 740,000 employees, a figure projected to increase to 922,000 by 2015. Several major companies, such as banks and telecommunications companies, maintain a regional office in Tampa.
Some Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in metropolitan areas, including OSI Restaurant Partners, WellCare, TECO Energy, and Raymond James Financial.
Downtown Tampa is undergoing significant developments and redevelopment in line with general national trends towards urban housing development. In April 2007, the Tampa Downtown Partnership Partnership continued development on 20 residential, hotel and mixed-use projects. Much of the construction of a new downtown is almost complete amid the housing market downturn, which has caused many projects to be postponed or altered, and some of the 20 TDP list projects have not been damaged and are being refinanced. Nevertheless some developments are nearing completion, which city leaders hope will make the city center into a 24-hour neighborhood rather than the business districts of 9 to 5. In 2010, Tampa residents face a 2% drop in rent. National rent decreased 4%. The Tampa Business Journal found Tampa to be the number two city for real estate investment in 2014.
The Tampa port is now the seventh largest in the country and the largest tonnage port in Florida, handling nearly half of all marine trade passing through the state. Tampa currently ranks second in the state behind Miami in terms of cruise ship travel. In addition to smaller regional cruise ships such as Yacht Starship and SunCruz Casino, Tampa also serves as a port of call for three shipping lines: MS Holland America, Ryndam, Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas and Radiance of the Seas , and Carnival Inspiration and Legend .
The main server farm for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects is located in Tampa.
The Air Force Base MacDill remains the principal company as a parent installation for more than 15,000 uniformed military officers, an active DoD Department (DDD) and personnel personnel from the Department of Defense in the Tampa Bay area. Most civil servants and contractor personnel are, in fact, retired career military personnel. In addition to the 6th Air Mobility Wing, which is the "host wing" for the base, MacDill is also the headquarters for Headquarters, US Central Command (USCENTCOM), Headquarters, USSOCOM, 927 Air Filling Air, Headquarters, US Navy Central Command (USMARCENT), Headquarters, USSOCCENT Special Operations Command Center (USSOCCENT), and many other military activities from the active components and reserves of the armed forces.
Since 2000, Tampa has experienced an increase in market demand from consumers, indicating more wealth is concentrated in the area.
Art and culture
Art and entertainment
Tampa is home to a variety of stage and performing arts and theaters, including David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa Theater, Gorilla Theater and MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater next to Florida State Fairgrounds.
The companies and performing arts organizations that call Tampa home include the Florida Orchestra, the Tampa Opera, the Jobsite Theater, the Master Chorale from Tampa Bay, the Stageworks Theater, the Lyric Theater of Spain, the Tampa Bay Opera, and the Tampa Bay Symphony.
Popular nightlife districts today include Channelside, Ybor City, SoHo, International Plaza and Bay Street, and Hard Rock Seminole. Downtown Tampa also contains some nightlife, and there are more clubs/bars to be found in other areas of the city. Tampa is ranked sixth in the city's top magazine list Maxim .
This area has become the headquarters of the professional "de facto" wrestling, with many pros living in the area. The former development area of ​​WWE, Florida Championship Wrestling, is also based in Tampa.
Tampa is home to several death metal bands, an extreme form of heavy metal music that evolved from thrash metal. Many pioneer genres and prominent figures are based in and around the city. Heads include Deicide, Six Feet Under, Obituary, Cannibal Corpse, Death and Morbid Angel. The Tampa scene grew with the birth of Morrisound Recording, which established itself as an international recording destination for metal bands.
The metalcore band Kristen Underoath is based in Tampa.
In 2009, Frank Wildhorn's new musical Wonderland: Alice New Musical Adventure hosted its world premiere at Straz Center.
Museum
The Tampa area is home to a number of museums spanning multiple subjects and studies. These include the Science Museum & amp; Industry (MOSI), which has several science-related exhibition floors plus the only domed IMAX theater in Florida and the planetarium; Tampa Museum of Art; USF Museum of Contemporary Art; Tampa Bay History Center; Tampa State Fire Museum; Henry B. Plant Museum; and Ybor City State Park Museum. Permanent anchored in the downtown Channel District is the SS American Victory , a former World War II ship that is now used as a museum ship.
Children's Museum
The Children's Museum of Tampa opened in 1986. It was created in response to the need for an informal cultural and learning environment for the needs of young children. It has since grown into a larger location in Downtown Tampa next to the Tampa Museum of Art and Cixis Hixon Park. This location opened in September 2010 and renamed the Glazer Children's Museum in honor of the Glazer Family Foundation which donated $ 5 million for the construction of the new building.
Cuisine
Tampa has a variety of culinary spots ranging from small cafes and bakeries to bistro and agricultural restaurants. The Tampa food has a history of Cuban, Spanish, Floribbean and Italian cuisine. There are also many Colombian, Puerto Rican, Vietnamese and barbecue restaurants. Seafood is very popular in Tampa, and Greek cuisine stands out in the area, including around Tarpon Springs. Food trucks are very popular, and this area has the record for the world's largest food truck rally. In addition to Ybor, the area of ​​Seminole Heights and South Tampa is known for their restaurant.
Tampa is the birthplace of a version of Satanic crab and Cuban sandwich, which has been officially designated as a "Tampa signature sandwich" by the city council. The Cuban Tampa sandwich is different from other regional versions, because Genoa salami is lined with other materials, probably because of the influence of Italian immigrants living next door to Cuba and Spain in Ybor City.
Several chain restaurants are established or headquartered in Tampa, including Outback Steakhouse, The Melting Pot, Front Burner Brands, Carrabba's, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & amp; Wine Bar, Bonefish Grill, Columbia Restaurant, Checkers and Rally's, Taco Bus, and PDQ.
Tourism and recreation
The city of Tampa operates over 165 parks and beaches covering 2,286 acres (9,25 km 2 ) within the city limits; The other 42 in the suburbs are about 70,000 acres (280 km 2 ) managed by Hillsborough County. These areas include Hillsborough River State Park, just northeast of the city. Tampa is home to a number of attractions and amusement parks, including Tampa Busch Gardens, Adventure Island, Lowry Park Zoo, and the Florida Aquarium.
The Lowry Park Zoo has over 2,000 animals, interactive exhibits, rides, educational shows, and more. The zoo serves as an anchor economy, culture, environment and education in Tampa.
Big Cat Rescue is one of the largest accredited shelters in the world dedicated solely to abusing and leaving big cats. It is home to about 80 lions, tigers, Bobcats, puma and other species, most of whom have been abandoned, abused, orphaned, saved from being turned into fur coats, or retiring from taking action. They have a variety of different tours available.
Tampa Busch Gardens is a 335-acre (1.36 km 2 ) African themed park located near the University of South Florida. It features many thrilling roller coasters, known, including Sheikra, Montu, Gwazi and Kumba. Visitors can also view and interact with a number of African wildlife. Adventure Island is a 30 hectare (12 acre) water park next to Busch Gardens.
The Florida Aquarium is a 250,000 square foot (23,000 m 2 ) aquarium located in the Channel District. It hosts over 20,000 species of aquatic plants and animals. Known for its unique glass architecture. Next to the aquarium is the SS American Victory , a World War II ship that is preserved as a museum ship.
The Tampa Bay History Center is a museum located in the Channel District. It boasts over 60,000 square feet (5,600 m 2 ) exhibits through 12,000 years. There are theaters, gallery maps, research centers, and museum stores.
Famous shopping areas include International Plaza and Bay Street, WestShore Plaza, SoHo district, and Hyde Park Village. Palma Ceia is home to the Ceia Palma Design District. Previously, Tampa has become home to Floriland Mall (now an office park), Tampa Bay Center (demolished and replaced with new Tampa Bay Buccaneers training facility, known as "One Buc Place"), and East Lake Square Mall (now office park ).
The Tampa Port Authority currently operates three cruise terminal terminals in the Tampa Channel District. Port of Tampa is the year-round home port for Carnival Cruise Lines' MS Carnival Inspiration and MS Carnival Legend . In 2010 Tampa will also be a seasonal harbor for MS Holland America Line Ryndam, as well as MS Royal Caribbean International Grandeur of the Seas and MS Radiance of the Seas i> The fourth company, Norwegian Cruise Line, has announced plans to sail out of Tampa for the first time. The 2,240 passengers of MS Norwegian Star will be Tampa's largest cruise ship when it debuts its seasonal schedule in 2011. Travel voyages from Tampa include stops on Eastern and Western Caribbean islands, Honduras, Belize and Mexico.
Events
Perhaps the most recognizable and anticipated event is the event of Tampa's annual "Gasparilla" celebration, especially the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a pirate pirate invasion held since 1904 in late January or early February. Frequently referred to as "Mardi Gras" Tampa, an invasion fleet led by pirate ship Jose Greentilla and the next parade attracted more than 400,000 participants, contributing tens of millions of dollars to the city's economy. Beyond the initial invasion, many Gasparilla celebrations are held each year between January and March, including the Gasparilla Children's Parade, the more mature Sant'Yago Knight Parade, the Gasparilla Distance Classic, the Gasparilla Art Festival and the Gasparilla International Film Festival, among themed events other pirates.
Other important events include the Outback Bowl, held New Year's Day at Raymond James Stadium. Every February, The Florida State Fair brings people from all over the state, while "Fiesta Day" celebrates Cuban, Cuban, Spanish, German, Italian, British, Irish, Jewish, and Cuban-African immigrants. India International Film Festival (IIFF) Tampa Bay also took place in February. In April MacDill Air Fest hosted one of the largest military air shows in the U.S. Guavaween, a night street celebration injects Halloween with a taste of Latin City Ybor. Downtown Tampa hosts the largest anime convention in Florida, the Metrocon, a three-day event held in June or July at the Tampa Convention Center. Ybor also hosts "GaYbor Days", an annual street party in the LGBT-friendly GaYbor district. The Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, held annually since 1989, is the largest film festival in the city, and one of the largest independent gay film festivals in the country.
Tampa hosted the 2012 Republican National Convention and the 15th International Indian Film Academy Award in April 2014.
Sports
Tampa is represented by teams in three major professional sports leagues: National Football League, National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball. The NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers and NHL Tampa Bay Lightning call Tampa home, while Tampa Bay Rays from MLB play across the bay at St. Louis. Petersburg. As their names indicate, these teams, plus several other sports teams, represent the entire Tampa metropolitan area.
The Tampa Bay area has long been a venue for Major League Baseball's spring training facilities and a small league baseball team. The New York Yankees do spring training in Tampa, and Tampa Tarpon plays there in the summer. At the college level, the University of South Florida Bulls and the University of Tampa Spartans participate in many different sports.
Football
Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers started in 1976 as an NFL expansion team. They struggled at first, losing their first 26 games in a row to make the league record for futility. After feeling a brief success in the late 1970s, Bucs returned to the way of their losers, and at one point lost at least 10 games for 12 successive seasons. The appointment of Tony Dungy in 1996 started an upward trend that eventually led to the team's victory at Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003 under coach Jon Gruden.
Tampa has hosted four Super Bowls: Super Bowl XVIII (1984), Super Bowl XXV (1991), Super Bowl XXXV (2001), and Super Bowl XLIII (2009). The first two events were held at the Tampa Stadium, and two others at Raymond James Stadium. Tampa will host the Super Bowl LV in 2021.
Storm
Originally Pittsburgh Gladiators and members of the Arena Football League (AFL) charter, Tampa Bay Storm was relocated from Pittsburgh in 1991 and won the ArenaBowl V that year. They then won 4 more ArenaBowls (VII, IX, X, and XVII, and also appeared in ArenaBowl I, III, XII, XXIII and XXX), and five of their championships were the most in league history. The AFL experienced several years of revenue decline in 2010, which resulted in fewer active franchises. There were only five teams during the 2017 season, after which the Storm ownership group stopped its operation.
Bandit
Tampa is also home to the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League. The bandit made the playoff twice in three seasons under head coach Steve Spurrier and drew a league-leading crowd to the Tampa Stadium, but the team folded along with the rest of the USFL after the 1985 season. They played at the Tampa Stadium, which hosted the 1984 USFL Championship Game.
The Raymond James Stadium hosts the 2017 College Football Playoff Championship.
Baseball
History
The Tampa Bay area has long been home to nationally competitive amateur baseball and has hosted spring training and small league teams for over a century. Tampa became the first city in Florida to host the premier league team for spring training in 1913, when the Chicago Cubs were trained at Plant Field. The Tampa Smokers was the city's first small league team, starting to play as a charter member of the new Florida State League in 1919.
Rays
After decades of trying to lure Major League Baseball franchise, the Tampa Bay area finally got the team in 1998, when the expansion of Tampa Bay Devil Rays began playing at Tropicana Field in St. Louis. Petersburg. After a decade of futility on the field, Satan Devil abbreviated their nickname to only Rays in 2008 and immediately won the 2008 American League Pennant, finishing runners-up in the World Series. They also won the East American League title in 2008 and 2010 under manager Joe Maddon before slipping back in the standings.
In 2007, Sinar began the process of looking for a stadium site closer to the regional population center, perhaps in Tampa. However, more than a decade later, the rivalry between Tampa and St.. Petersburg and the challenge of financing a new baseball stadium have made Rays play at Tropicana Field.
Florida State League
Some Major League baseball teams do spring training in the area, and most also operate small league teams in Class-A Florida State League. The main league of the New York Yankees and the Tampa Tarpon affiliated minor league use George M. Steinbrenner Field on the Dale Mabry Highway from Raymond James Stadium.
Hockey
Lightning
NHL Tampa Bay Lightning was founded in 1992, and is currently playing their home game at Amalie Arena, located in downtown Tampa. In 2004, the team won the first and only Stanley Cup. The Lightning lost the Eastern Conference Finals in 2011 in 7 games against champions of the year's Boston Bruins. The Bolts are Eastern Conference Champions in 2015. They return to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2016 but lost in the last 7 games to champions Pittsburgh Penguins. Tampa hosts a skill contest and the 2018 NHL All-Star Game weekend on 27-28 January 2018.
Soccer
Rowdies
The Tampa Bay Rowdies compete in United Soccer League (Division 2) after spending their first 6 seasons in the North American Football League. The team started playing in Tampa George M. Steinbrenner Field in 2010, then moved to Al Lang Field in St. Louis. Petersburg in 2011. The Rowdies won their first league championship at Soccer Bowl 2012.
Previously, Tampa had organized two top-level soccer teams. The Tampa Bay Rowdies of the original North American Football League was the first major sports franchise in the area, starting to play in 1975 at the Tampa Stadium. The Rowdies were instantly successful, attracting many viewers and winning Soccer Bowl '75 in their first season to bring Tampa's first professional sporting championship. Although the NASL ceased operations in 1984, Rowdies continued to compete in various football leagues until it finally folded in 1993.
Mutiny
The success of Rowdies prompted Major League Soccer (MLS) to grant the charter to Tampa as a member of the new league charter in 1996. The Tampa Bay Mutiny was the winner of the first MLS Supporters Shield and had much of its initial success beginning in 1996. However, the club unfolded in 2001 when local ownership could not be secured primarily due to a poor lease agreement financially to Raymond James Stadium. The city has no current representation in MLS, however, Rowdies are looking to join the league.
College sports
The University of South Florida is the only sports program of the NCAA I Division in Tampa. The USF began playing inter-club sports in 1965. Bulls South Florida formed a basketball team in 1971 and a soccer team in 1997. The Bulls joined Big East in 2005, and the football team rose as high as # 2 in the BCS rankings in 2007 They are now part of the American Athletic Conference.
The University of Tampa Spartan competes at the NCAA Division II level at the Sunshine State Conference (SSC).
Government
Tampa is organized under a strong mayor of the government. The mayor of Tampa is the chief executive of the city government and elected within a period of four years, with the boundary of two terms in a row. The current mayor is Bob Buckhorn, who took office on April 1, 2011. The City Council is a legislative body served by seven members. Four members were selected from certain areas designated as the City District, and the other three were "in-large" members (serving the whole city).
Fire Department
The city of Tampa is served by the Tampa Fire Rescue. With 22 fire stations, the department provides fire and medical protection for Tampa and New Tampa, and provides support to other departments such as Tampa International Airport, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue and MacDill Air Force Base 6th Medical Group.
Law enforcement
The city of Tampa has a large police department that provides law enforcement services. The Tampa Police Department has over 1000 sworn in officers and many civil service support personnel.
Education
Primary and secondary schools
Public primary and secondary education is operated by Hillsborough County Public Schools, officially known as the School District of Hillsborough County (SDHC). It is ranked eighth largest school district in the United States, with approximately 189,469 students enrolled. SDHC manages 208 schools, 133 primary schools, 42 middle schools, 27 secondary schools, two K-8s, and four career centers. There are 73 additional schools in the district which are charter, ESE, alternative, etc. Twelve of the 27 high schools in SDHC are on the Newsweek list from the American High School.
Public library
The Tampa library system is operated by Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library System. THPLS operates 25 libraries throughout Tampa and Hillsborough County, including the John F. German Public Library in Downtown Tampa. The Tampa library system first began in the early 20th century, with the Tampa West Library, made possible by funds donated by Andrew Carnegie. The Tampa Library is also part of a larger library network, Hillsborough County Public Library Consortium, which includes the library of neighboring Temple Terrace and Plant City townships.
Higher education
There are a number of higher education institutions in Tampa.
The city is home to the main campus of the University of South Florida (USF), a member of the Florida State University System established in 1956. In 2010, it was the eleventh largest eleventh individual campus registration in the US with over 46,000 students. The University of Tampa (UT) is a private four-year liberal arts institution. The company was founded in 1931, and in 1933, he moved to the former Tampa Bay Hotel across the Hillsborough River from downtown Tampa. "UT" has undergone several expansions in recent years, and has enrollment of over 8000 students by 2015.
Hillsborough Community College is a two-year community college at Florida College System with campuses in Tampa and Hillsborough County. Southern Technical College is a private two-year college that operates a campus in Tampa. Hillsborough Technical Education Center (HiTEC) is a postsecondary extension of the local district Public School area. The schools provide various technical training certification courses as well as job placement skills.
The Stetson University College of Law is located in Gulfport and has its second campus, Tampa Law Center, in downtown Tampa. The Law Center oversees the District Court of the District District of the District II of Florida.
Other colleges and universities in the wider Tampa Bay Area area include Jersey College, Eckerd College, and St. Peter's College. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg Petersburg.
Media
The main daily newspaper serving the city is the Tampa Bay Times, which buys its long-term competition, The Tampa Tribune, by 2016. Printed news coverage is also provided by various newspapers smaller regional, alternative weekly and magazines, including Florida Sentinel Bulletin , Creative Loafing , Reax Music Magazine , Oracle i>, Tampa Bay Business Journal , MacDill Thunderbolt , and La Gaceta , famous for being the only letter English-speaking English, Spanish, and Italian, due to its roots in the neighborhood of cigarette-making immigrants in Ybor City.
Major television stations include WFTS 28 (ABC), WTSP 10 (CBS), WFLA-TV 8 (NBC), WTVT 13 (Fox), WTOG 44 (The CW), WTTA 38 (MyNetworkTV), WEDU 3 (PBS), WEDQ 16 (PBS), WMOR-TV 32 (Independent), WXPX 66 (ION), WCLF 22 (CTN), WFTT 50 (UniMÃÆ'¡s) and WVEA 62 (Univision).
This area is served by dozens of FM and AM radio stations including WDAE, which was the first radio station in Florida when it aired in 1922.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Road
Three motor vehicle bridges cross Tampa Bay to Pinellas County from Tampa city limits: Howard Frankland Bridge (I-275), Courtney Campbell Causeway (SR 60), and Gandy Bridge (AS 92). The old Gandy bridge was completely replaced by new landscapes during the 1990s, but the span of the old bridge was saved and converted into a pedestrian and cycling bridge called The Friendship Trail. It is the longest marine recreation track in the world. However, the bridge was closed in 2008 due to structural problems.
Tampa has several freeways serving the city. There are two freeways that carry traffic in and out of Tampa. Lee Roy Selmon Express Line (SR 618) (formerly known as Crosstown Toll Road), stretches from suburban Brandon on its eastern end, via Downtown Tampa, to the neighborhood in South Tampa (near MacDill Air Force Base) at its western end. The Veterans Expressway (SR 589), while connecting Tampa International Airport and the bay bridge to the northwestern suburbs of Carrollwood, Northdale, Westchase, Citrus Park, Cheval and Lutz, before proceeding north as the Suncoast Parkway to Pasco and Hernando County.
Three of the city's highways carry the interstate highway designation. Interstate 4 and Interstate 275 crossed the city and tangled near the city center. Interstate 75 runs along the eastern side of the city for most of its route through Hillsborough County to turn west to Bisect New Tampa.
Along with the city's highway, the main surface road serves as the main artery of the city. These streets are Hillsborough Avenue (US 92 and US 41), Dale Mabry Highway (US 92), Nebraska Avenue (US 41/SR 45), Florida Avenue (US 41 Business), Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, Fowler Avenue, Busch Boulevard, Kennedy Boulevard (SR 60), Adamo Drive, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Airport
Tampa is served by three airports (one in Tampa, two in the metro area) that provides significant scheduled passenger air services:
- Tampa International Airport (IATA: TPA) is Tampa's premier airport and prime location for commercial passenger service to the Tampa Bay area. It is also a consistent favorite in industry and public travel surveys. Readers CondÃÆ' Â © Nast Traveler have often me
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