Fort Gatlin, the name used for the Orlando sector, located in the southern city of the city's Artillery Company near 4 Gatlin, the name used to refer to Colonel Alexander C. W. on November 9, 1838, in a series of forcibly built a series of units. Florida during the Second Seminole War. The fortress and the surrounding area are named by Dr. John S. Gatlin, a military physician killed in the Dade massacre on December 28, 1835. The area built the fort of Gatlin, a defense with fresh water supply from three small lakes, more likely to be picked by a main road, and only about 20 meters away. the sacred oak which was nearby in which the American Indians often met. King Phillip and Coacoochee used to come back here and the oak which is believed to be where the Dade massacre is discussed. When the U.S. military abandoned its fortress in 1839, the surrounding community was built by settlers.

Before he was known by his present name, Orlando was known as Jernigan. The name originated from the first to settle, Issac and Aaron Jernigan, livestock breeders who purchased land 3.2 kilometers northwest of Fort Gatlin, along the west bank of Lake Holden in July 1843 under the provisions of the Armed Forces Act. Aaron Jernigan became the first member of the Orange district in 1845 but his request for further protection was not answered. Fort Gatlin was retaken by the army for a few weeks in October and November 1849, and then a group of militia who volunteered to defend the neighborhood. A historic sign indicated that until 1850, the Jernigan housing farm (or Fort Gatlin after several sources) was the core of a village called Jernigan. According to a report that was written years later by his daughter, at that time about 80 settlers were forced to shelter after a "Aaron Jernigan fence built up north of Lake Conway" in a year. One of the district's first files, a report by the jury, referred to a fence where residents were "taken from their homes and forced to cluster in hurdy defense events [sic]." Aaron Jernigan led a local volunteer delegation throughout 1852.

Jernigan appeared on a map of Florida in 1855 and in 1856, the area became the district of Orange County. The area was renamed Orlando in 1857. This transition was rooted, in part, from Aaron Jernigan's losing honor after he was given off to lead the militia by military officials in 1856. His actions became infamous to Secretary of War Jefferson wrote that: "They say they are more horrible than Indians in the army of Jernigan." In 1859, Jernigan and his sons were charged with murder at a post office in the town. They were then moved to Ocala but escaped.

There are at least five stories of how Orlando got this name. The most common story is that the name Orlando originated from a man who died in 1835 in an Indian attack in this area during the Second Seminole War. Some of the stories were handed down about a landmark by a man named Orlando, in his proverb, "This is Orlando." An anomaly consisting of a man named Orlando who died when he passed here on his way to Tampa and a herd of cattle; he was buried in a graveyard with his name engraved. In a meeting in 1857, a debate went on about the name of the town. Pioneer William B. Hull remembers the way James Speer (a local resident, and a prominent character in the stories behind naming Orlando) rose up in the midst of the debate and said: "This place is often referred to as 'Orlando's Grave' [Orlando's grave]. Take the word 'grave' [one] and let the county be Orlando."

Historically, it is believed that some kind of milestone must have been discovered by the first pioneers. However, other people think that Speer is simply using the legend of Orlando Reeves to advance his plan in naming the city in a Shakespeare character.

Orlando Reeves Municipality

Historians have all agreed that there's no possibility of a soldier named Orlando Reeves. The legend assumes that Reeves served as a guard for a group of soldiers who had been camped overnight near Sandy Beach lake (now Lake Eola). Many other lakes were also mentioned in other versions when there were no soldiers stationed today in the central area in 1835.

The legend spreads in the early 20th century, especially as local historian Olive Brumbaugh recounts through WDBO articles and radio in 1929. Another historian, Eldon H. Gore, advertises the legend of Reeves in the History of Orlando 1940th century. The memorial was originally set by Orlando's Cherokee High School in 1939 and updated in 1990 - the place where Orlando was supposed to fall.

There are many opposing legends. A legend has it that Reeves was killed in a battle with the Seminole man after being held in position when the platoon leader died. However, a deep investigation into military documents from 1970s and 1980s did not show any result that Orlando Reeves existed. Some redundant versions of Reeves doesn't have a county record using the names of other people named 'Orlando' who exist in the book - such as Orlando Acosta; however, there's not much known about Acosta or whether you really exist. Another name referred to as Orlando Reed, believed to be an Englishman and messenger between Fort Gatlin and Fort Mellon, was killed camping with friends in Orlando.

A second version puts the story in 1835 between the Second Seminole War. This guy was taken from a cattle ranch house from South Carolina called Orlando Savage Rees. Rees owns a factory and plantation in Volusia County, as well as some of the big properties in Florida and Mississippi. Rees' sugar ranch was burned during the Semiole attacks in 1835 (Orlando Reeves was believed dead). Later, Rees led a expedition to collect the stolen cattle and slaves. In 1837, Rees tried to stop a peace treaty with the Seminole people because it didn't compensate him for the loss of slaves and land.

Rees might have put a milestone in his name next to the trail; the people then misread "Rees" as "Reeves" and misassumed it was a gravestone. In the years to come, this story merged with the story of Orlando Reeves (which may also have entered part of Dr. Gatlin's story).

In two separate cases, Rees' relatives confirmed that their ancestors were predecessors for the name of the city. F. K. Bull from South Carolina (Rees's grandson) told a story to an Orlando journalist in 1955; many years later, Charles M. Bull from Orlando (a little bit of Rees boy) brought similar information to local historians. Unlike Orlando Reeves, who did not have any history records found, there was a lot of evidence that Orlando Rees existed and lived in Florida at the time. For example, John James Audubon met Rees in 1832 at a property he owned in Spring Garden, 45 minutes away.

Orlando (As You Like It)

The final version suggests that the city is named after the hero in Shakespeare's As You Like It.

In 1975, Judge Donald A. Cheney set out a new version of the story in an article written in Orlando Sentinel. Cheney (a local historian and the head of the district's historic committee) told a story that was told by his father, Judge John Moses Cheney (an important figure in Orlando history, who arrived in 1885).

The father told another man at the time, James Speer, suggested the name Orlando was based on the character of As You Like It. According to Cheney, Speer is a man of culture and an admirer of William Shakespeare..." From a Speer letter wrote, "Orlando is the actual Arden Forest, the location of As You Like It." Speer's descendants also confirmed this version of naming and the legend continued to be spread.

This story is of a valid nature in terms, as stated earlier, that Speer has a role in renaming the neighborhood from Jernigan to Orlando, although he may have used the legend of Orlando Reeves instead of the idea of using the characters of Shakespeare. In another version of the story, Orlando may be the name of one of his staff. It should also be noted that one of the main roads in Orlando was named Rosalind Avenue; Rosalind is a heroine of As You Like It.

Prehistoric era of Europe

Before the European settlers arrived in 1536, people in Orlando were thinkin' of Seminole tribes. There are very few archeological sites in today's area, except in the former location of Gatlin Fortress, along the southern Gatlin port of Orlando.

Consolidate the consolidation

After the separation of the Mosquito in 1845, Fort Gatlin became a new district of Orange in 1856. It remains a desolate rural area during the American Civil War and suffered many losses in the Union blockade plan. The period of reconstruction led to a population explosion, which resulted in a consolidation of the town of Orlando on July 31, 1875 with 85 residents (22 had the right to vote), and was followed by the city in 1885.

The 1875 to 1895 period was remembered as the Great Age of Orlando, when it became the center of the Florida citrus industry. However, the 1894-95 Great East wave forced many employers to give up their independence plantation, so the land combined into the hands of a number of "grand capitalists" who then moved into the south, mainly around the Lake Wales region in Polk district.

Some of the people who live on land stand out in the area that includes the Curry family. People had to cross the Econlockhatchee River and go through their land in the east of Orlando. This is remembered by the name of the street, Curry Ford Road (the road to the Curry's house). On the south side of the airport, the Boggy Creek area, is 150 acres (0.61 kilometers) of Ward's family land. This area is still owned by Ward's and can be seen from flights south from Orlando International Airport right next to 417 State Road.

Post-Industrial Revolution

Orlando, the largest inland city in Florida, became a well-known resting place in the years between the Spanish-American War and the First World War. In the 1920s, Orlando underwent a massive housing development in the Florida Land Explosion. Land prices have risen sharply. During this period, many of the populated downtown areas were built, the kind of bungalow house built a lot. The explosion terminated as several typhoons struck Florida in the late 1920s, along with the Great Depression.

During the Second World War, an armed forces at Orlando Air Force Base (Orlando AAB) and Pinecastle Military Airport (Pinecastle AAF). Some of them stayed in Orlando to settle down and get married. In 1956, Martin Marietta Air and Defense Company (now Lockheed Martin) built a factory in the city. Orlando AAB and Pinecastle AAF were given to the U.S. Air Force in 1947 when it became a separate force and rebranded as air force base (air force basis basis basis basis basis basis basis basis - AFB). In 1958, Pinecastle AFB was renamed to McCoy Air Force Base under the name of Colonel Michael N. W. McCoy, former commander of the 320th Bombardment Wing at the base, killed in a Boeing B-47 Stratojet crash north of Orlando. In the 1960s, the base became the home of 306th Bombardment Wing of the Strategic Air Command-SAC, operating the B-52 and KC-135 Stratotanker Airways, plus individual operations with EC-121 and Lockheed 2 ...

In 1968, Orlando did AFB was transferred to the U.S. Navy and became Orlando Naval Training Center (FYOrlando). In addition to its training infrastructure, NTC Orlando was also a home for one of two Navy Nuclear Energy Schools, and is home to the Naval Aviation Operations Training System. When McCoy AFB was shut down in 1975, its runway and plots south and east were assigned a part to the city to become an Orlando international airport, while a small fraction to the northwest is transferred to the navy to McCoy NTC Annex. The area was then closed in 1996 and became a home, although McCoy AFB was stacked here by the Navy Exchange as well as some National Guard and Mining units. The NTC Orlando closed in 1993 by the Org Committee on Restructuring and Closure gnment, and turned to Baldwin Park. The Naval Aviation Operations Center moved to Central Florida Regional Research Park near UCF in 1988.

Tourism in history

Perhaps the most important event for the Orlando economy happened in 1965 when Walt Disney announced a plan to build the Walt Disney World. Although Disney was considering the Miami and Tampa area for his park, one of the biggest reasons why the park wasn't put there was a storm - the location in Orlando's adjacent land, though not necessarily the loss of the storm, but enough to minimize the impact than the coastline. The resort opened in October 1971, which followed a population boom and economic growth in the Orlando metropolitan area, now including Orange, Seminole, Osceola, and Lake. As a result, tourism has become the focal point of the regional economy. Orlando today has more entertainment parks and entertainment locations than anywhere in the world.

Another factor in Orlando's development took place in 1962, when the new Orlando Airport, the predecessors of the Orlando International Airport today, was built from part of McCoy Air Base. By 1970, four major airlines (Delta Air Lines, National Airlines, Eastern Air Lines and Southern Airways) were providing regular flights. The McCoy Air Force base was officially closed in 1975 and most of its land is now part of the airport. Today's airport still has the old Air Force Base (MCO) code.

21st century

Today, the historical core of "Old Orlando" is located in downtown Orlando along Church Street, between Orange Avenue and Garland Avenue. Urban development and central business areas in the city center have rapidly created a central city in recent history. The historic prefectures of today's city have mostly been linked to residential areas around Lake Eola where there are hundreds of years of oak trees along brick roads. These populated areas, known as "Lake Eola Heights" and "Thornton Park", contain the oldest houses in Orlando.

2016 shooting

On June 12, 2016, more than 100 people were shot at Pulse Night Club, a gay club in Orlando. Fifty people (including the unsub) died and 58 were injured. The unsub, who was shot by SWAT team, was identified as Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, 29, a Afghan-American security guard. This terrorist incident was the bloodiest shooting in modern American history and was one of the most deadly shootings committed by an individual in the history of the world. Mateen has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State in a non-successful negotiation with the police. After this terrible disaster, the city held many prayers. One of the most prominent people's prayers is taking place outside the Center for Performing Arts Dr. Phillips. In November 2016, mayor Orlando Buddy Dyer declared his intention to buy the club for a permanent memorial to 49 victims of the shooting. The city offered a payment of $2.25 million but the owner of the club, Barbara Poma, refused to sell. Many tourists who arrived in the city stopped by this location in honor of the victims who died in the terrorist incident.

Orlando's geography is mainly flooded land, consisting of lakes and swamps. The terrain is quite flat, making it low and damp. The area is explored with hundreds of small lakes, the largest of which is Lake Apopka. Central Florida's native rock is mostly limestone and very porous, so Orlando is easily influenced by the debris. Perhaps the most famous case involving the drop in 1981 happened in Winter Park, a city just north of Orlando, and today is named "Winter Park Falls."

There are 115 residential areas within the city boundaries and many unincorporated communities. Orlando's estate is similar in part to a chess board with many blanks of the unincorporated orange district areas. Such a arrangement causes many problems when several areas are served by both Cam and Orlando. This also explains the relatively low population of Orlando compared to the population in its urban area. The city and district are working together to fill the border with Orlando merging parts of the city-surrounded territory.

High-rise building

In the Orlando metropolitan area, 19 high-rise buildings are completed. Most are in Orlando and the rest is in the southwest tourist area of the center. Buildings and structures in Orlando center have not exceeded 134 meters (441 ft) since the SunTrust Center completed in 1988. The reason for this is because Orlando Executive Airport, which is only about 3 kilometers from the center, does not allow buildings to be built one way above a maximum height.

Orlando Center

• The Sun Trust Center Building, 1988, 134 meters (440 ft), is the highest building in central Florida.
• The Vue at Lake Eola, 2008, 130 meters (427 ft), has more stories than the SunTrust Center.
• Orange District Court Building, 1997, 127 meters (417 ft).
• Bank of America Center (formerly Barnett Plaza), 1988, 125 meters (410 ft)
• 55 West on the Esplanade, 2009, 115 meters (377 ft)
• Solaire at the Plaza, 2006, 109 m (359 ft)
• Dynetech Center, 2009, 109 m (357 ft)
• Citrus Center, 1971.86 m (282 ft)
• Premier Plaza Orlando, 2006, 78 meters (256 ft)
• CNL Center City Commons, 1999.76 m (249 ft)

Orlando Front End

• The Hyatt Regency Orlando (also known as The Peabody), 2010, 130 meters (427 ft), is the tallest building in Orange County outside the city of Orlando.
• The SeaWorld SkyTower, 122 meters (400 ft), once the tallest building in Orange County, was outside the city of Orlando until its sentence was subjected by The Peabody.
• The Orlando Eye, 2015, 122 m (400 ft).
• Orlando International Airport Control, 2002, 105 m (344 ft)

Climate

Orlando has a damp tropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa) as most of Florida. Orlando is in the USDA's 9-B-plant thermal container area. There are two basic seasons in Orlando: a hot and heavy rainy season lasts from May to the end of September (coincided with Atlantic hurricanes), and a warm and dry season from October to April. The hot and humid weather of the region is mainly caused by low altitudes compared to the sea level, a position near the North Line and a central location of a peninsula. Many of the properties of the climate are the result of the distance close to the Gulf Stream around the Florida Peninsula.

At the peak of the rainy season in Orlando, the highest temperature is about 32-36°C (90-97° F) while the lowest temperature rarely falls below 23-26°C (73-79°). The average time frame for such a temperature range was from April 19 - October 11. The height of the area played a role in preventing the temperature from exceeding 38°C (100°F) but also pushed the temperature index to more than 43°C (109° F). The highest temperature ever recorded in the city was 39.4°C (103°F), set up on 8 September 1921. In these months, strong intensity irrTIONS happen almost every day. These attacks are caused by the gases from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic conflict in the mid-Florida sky. They usually deliver beautiful lightning and heavy rains (sometimes up to several inches an hour) and strong winds, sometimes even hail.

In the dry season, the humidity is lower, the temperature is cooler but can fluctuate. The average temperature per day in January is 15.7°C (60.2°F). The temperature drops below the average frozen level by 2.4 nights a year. The lowest temperature ever recorded was -8°C (18°F), established on December 28, 1894. Because of dry winter and freezing temperatures often occurs when cold air waves (with the amount of rain that came with them) pass, the city rarely has snow. The only time that the snow has accumulated in the city since the data was stored in 1948, although there has been some accumulation in some areas around the snowfall in January 1977. Unforeseen snow has also been recorded in 1989, 2006 and 201.

Orlando's average annual rainfall was 1,290 mm (50.6 in), a large part of which fell from June to September. Months from October to May are the dry season in Orlando. This period (especially in the last months) is a risk of burning forests. In a number of years, the fires have been serious. In 1998, an El Niño session in January and February of abnormally heavy rains, followed by a long drought from spring to early summer, triggered a record forest fire that Orlando has given warnings of air quality and a serious impact on everyday life, including the delay of the near-day NASCAR Pepsi 4000 Darton Race in Daytona.

Orlando is a large and significant storm threat, not as dangerous as South Florida and other coastal areas. Thanks to its position, 68 km (42 miles) from the Atlantic and 124 km (77 miles), storms weaken before arriving. Storm water is not of concern because the area at 30 meters (100 ft) is higher than sea level. In that position, the city suffers from severe storms. During the 2004 typhoon season, Orlando hit three major hurricanes that caused considerable damage, with Charley's worst storm. The city also suffered extensive damage following the 1960s Donna hurricane.

Tornadoes are usually not linked to the hurricanes during the summer. They are more common with cold air in winter as well as when storms pass. Two of the worst tornadoes in the history of the region, the outbreak of 1998 killed 42 people and the outbreak of 2007 killing 21 people, both in February.

Population

In 2010, Orlando had 121,254 households with 15.4 percent of them empty. As of 2000, 24.5 percent of households had children under 18 years of age living with a household, 32.4 percent were married couples, 15.4 percent were unmarried women, and 47.6 percent were not. Thirty-five percent of all households are private and 8.5 percent of households have a person over 65 years of age alone. An average household has about 2.25 people and an average household of about 2.97 people.

In 2015, the urban population was 21.8 percent under 18, 10.8 percent from 18 to 24, 35.1 percent from 25 to 44, 22.1 percent from 45 to 64, and 10.1 percent over 65 years. The median value of age is 33 years old, and there are 93 men per 100.

Orlando has the largest population of Puerto Rico in Florida and their cultural impact on central Florida as do the Cuban people to southern Florida. Orlando is the place that has the Puero Rico community's strongest growing in the country. Between 1980 and 2010 the Hispanic population increased from 4.1 to 25.4 percent. Orlando also has a large Caribbean community (especially from Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago) and a significant Haitian community. Orlando also has a strong Jewish community.

Orlando also has a large LGBT community and is believed to be one of the most pleasant cities in the Southeast. In 2015, 4.1% of Orlando was formatted as LGBT, which helped Orlando become the 20th highest percentage of LGBT people in the country. The city is hosting Gay Days every June (including Walt Disney World recently), a march on gay pride every October, and is the first-ever home of a city-to-be-gay committee in Florida, Patty Sheehan.

The 2010 Orlando Racial distribution map, according to the 25 American Population Survey. Each dot corresponds to 25 persons: White, colored, Asia, Hispanic, orOther,

Language

As of 2000, 75.43 percent of the population used English as their mother tongue, 16.60 percent were in Spanish, 1.93 percent were in Haitian, 1.33 percent were in French, 0.99 percent were in Portuguese, and 0.54 percent were in Arabic as their mother tongue. A total of 24.56 percent of the population over the age of five speak a non-English language at home.

According to the U.S. Community Survey 2006-2008, 69.3 percent of Orlando population over the age of five speak only English at home. Spanish speakers account for 19.2% of Orlando. The people who speak the Indian languages represent a total of 9.0 percent of the city's population. 1.9% of the population speak some Asian language and the other 0.6% speak other languages.

Metropolitan Statistical Area

Orlando is the central city of Orlando-Kissimmee's Metropolitan Statistical Area, Florida, or "Orlando" or "Orlando". The region includes four districts (Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Lake), and the 24th largest metropolitan area in the United States with an estimated 2,387,138 in 2016.

When the combined statistics area was established in 2000, Orlando was initially combined with the small statistical region of The Villages, Florida, to form a combined Orlando-The Villages, Florida. In 2006, the metropolitan areas of Deltona (Volusia county) and Palm Coast (Flagler District) were collected to form Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, Florida. This statistical region has a population of 2,693,552 in 2007 and consists of three of the 25 fastest-growing districts — Flagler ratings 1; Osceola period of 17; and Lake is 23rd.

Education

Primary and Public High School education is managed by Orange County Schools Public Schools (Orange County Schools) System. A number of private schools include the Orlando Lutheran Institute, Forest Lake Institute, The First, The Trinity Preventative School, Lake Highland School of the Bishop Moore and the Orlando Christian School.

Post-secondary education institutions

Public universities and colleges

• University of Central Florida
• Florida A&M University of Law
• University of Medicine, Florida State University
• University of Medicine, Florida University (in Apopka)

Community-based college

• Valencia College
• Seminole College of Florida

College, private university, and other educational institutions

• University of the National Academy of Health Sciences, the Subdistrict
• President Ana G. Mendez, Orlando
• Anthem College, Orlando
• Asbury Theorem, Orlando
• Belhaven University, Orlando
• Columbia College, Orlando
• Connecticut Radio School, Orlando
• DeVry University, Orlando
• Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, Barry University
• University of Everest, Orlando seahorse
• Florida Institute of Technology, Orlando seahorse
• Full Sail University (in Winter Park)
• Herzing College (in Winter Park)
• Vedic Hindu International University
• Orlando International Academy of Design & Technology
• ITT Technical Academy, Lake Mary facility
• Keiser University, Orlando
• Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine College, Orlando
• McBurney College, Orlando
• Southeast Nova University, Orlando
• Palm Beach Atlantic University, Orlando
• Orlando Institute of Reform Theoretics
• Remington University of Health (in Lake Mary)
• Rollins College (in the Winter Park)
• Technical College in the South
• Strayer University, Orlando

Nursing school

The Orlando Hoshuko School, a weekend maintenance school for Japanese students, was held at Lake Highland Preventive School.

Orlando is the center of Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, which has the third largest economy in Florida and thirteenth in the United States. This sector accounted for 13.6 percent of Florida's GDP, reaching US$126.8 billion with per capita GDP of US$45,783 per year in 2016.

Industry

Orlando is an industrial and high technology center. The urban area has a technology industry worth 13.4 billion U.S. dollars and employs 53,000 people, and is a center for information, industrial technology, agriculture, aerospace, and software design. More than 150 international companies from 20 countries are based in the Orlando metropolitan area.

Orlando has a seventh-largest research park in his country, Central Florida Research Park, with more than 4.15 km in area. This is home to more than 120 companies, employing more than 8,500 people, and is a center of country's simulation and military training programs. At the end of each year, the District Convention Center organized the workshop on the world's largest model and simulation, training workshops, simulations and Interdisciplinary/Service Education. The Orlando metropolitan area was the place to grant simulations to the troops, the navy, the air force, the navy and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Lockheed Martin has a major manufacturing facility for missile, airplane and relevant high-tech studies. Other outstanding technical companies have offices or labs in the Orlando metropolitan area: KDF, General Dynamics, Harris, Mitsubishi Power Systems, Siemens, Veritas/Symantec, some of the air force institutions, Naval Aviation Operations Center Training System, AT&T, Boeing, Hewlett-Packard, etc. The Navy training center until a few years ago was one of the two nuclear engineers trained by the U.S. Navy, and now the land has been converted into a Baldwin Park housing. A number of office combinations for large companies grew along the Interstate 4 corridor north of Orlando, especially in Maitland, Lake Mary, and Heathrow.

Orlando has a position close to Patrick's Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and the Kennedy Space Center for residents to travel to work from outside the city. It also allows easy access to the Caneveral Harbor, a travel train station.

Orlando is a joint venture by Darden Restacurants, the mother company of Olive Garden and LongSteakhouse, and the largest restaurant miner in the world by revenue. In September 2009, they moved to a new headquarters and central distribution base.

Movies, television, and entertainment

Another important economic sector is the film, television, and video games industry, supported by the presence of Universal Studios, Disney's Hollywood Studios University, Full Sail University of Art and Humanities, the Central Florida Institute, the Florida Entertainment Academy, and some companies and other recreational institutions. The model, simulation, and training industry also centered on the Orlando region, with a considerable presence in the Central Florida Research Park near Central Florida University. In Maitland nearby was the home of Tiburon, an electronics game company called Electronic Arts. Tiburon Entertainment was acquired in 1998 after many years of cooperation, particularly in video games series, NFL and NCAA Football. Full Sail University nearby, located in Winter Park, attracts many students in the thematic areas such as game design, film, program production. Graduates start-up in these sectors in Orlando region. Ripley Entertainment Inc. was also set in Orlando.

Health care

Orlando has two non-profit hospital systems: Orlando Health and Florida Hospital. Orlando Health's Orlando Health Center is the only center for sub-group trauma in central Florida, and the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Children and the Florida Orlando Hospital has the only III-level infant care units in the region. The completion of the University of Pharmacy at Central Florida University, Veterans' Hospital and the Nemours Children's Hospital in the city's new medical district around Nona also contributed to the development of health care in Orlando.

Housing and employment

Historically, the unemployment rate of the Orlando metropolitan area was quite low, with a result that was a growth that led to an urban expansion in the neighborhood and, combined with the US housing bubble, the increase in housing prices. Orlando urban unemployment was 3.9% in June, 2017, below the US 4.5% unemployment rate at the same time. The price of housing in Orlando rose 37.08 percent a year, from an average of $182,300 in November 2004 to $249,900 in November 2005, and finally to a peak in July 2007. 4,436. Since then, with the financial crisis, the price of the working-house decreased to less than $100,000 by 2010 before stabilizing at $110,000 by 2011. As of April 2017, the average price of the house. 210,000.

Tourism

The main economic development engine in Orlando is the tourism industry itself. The city is one of the world's leading tourist sites. Orlando is the home of the Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Orlando Resort, and SeaWorld Orlando. More than 68 million people arrived in Orlando in 2016.

Orlando owns six of the top 10 entertainment parks in the world, and the top four water parks visited in the United States. Walt Disney World resort is the largest tourist site for many of its parks, such as the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's Kingdom, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach and Disney Springs. SeaWorld Orlando is a big park dedicated to exhibiting many animals underwater, in addition to an entertainment park with gliders and water parks. It also has two subparks, including Aquatica Orlando and Discovery Cove. Universal Orlando, like Walt Disney World, is a resort with many of the sub-parks Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, Volcano Bay, and Universal City. Orlando tourist sites also attract many local people who want to go out not too far from home.

Workshops are also very important for regional economics. The Center for the District of Orange Conference, which was expanded in 2004 to more than 200,000 square meters of exhibition, is now the second largest congress on U.S. space, with only McCormick Place poorly in Chicago. The city competes with Chicago and Las Vegas with a lot of people attending the first seminar in the United States.

Golf

There are many golf courses that can be found in the city. The most prominent is Hill Club and Lodge, the golf course of Arnold Palmer Investment.

Entertainment and art

Hip hop, metal, rock, reggae and Latin music markets operate strongly in the city. Orlando was once known as "Hollywood East" by a number of shooting schools present here. The production of film films here was quite lively in the middle and late 1990s, but slowed down thereafter. The most famous film making in the city's history is probably the collapse of Orlando's old town hall for Lethal Weap on 3. Today, Orlando is a big manufacturing center for television, tape and commercials.

Until recently, the Walt Disney Feature Animation operates a studio in Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort. Feature Animation-Florida is primarily responsible for the Moc Lan movie, Lilo & Stitch, the Brother Bear phase and contributes to several other projects. The classes at Universal Studios Florida are where the GFW Impact program was organized. Nickelodeon Studios throughout the 1990s produced hundreds of hours of game shows for children but now has moved away from Universal Studios Florida. The Florida Film Festival which is held in locations around the region is one of the country's famous local film festivals and attracts film makers from all over the world.

Media

Television

Orlando is the center of the 18th largest news market based on Nielsen Media Research in the 2016-2017 television season. The channels associated with the three largest television networks in the city are WKMG-TV 6 (CBS), WFTV 9 (ABC), and WOFL 35 owned by FOX. WFTV and WOFL have also launched a number of other channels in Orlando: WFTV operates WRDP 27 independent, and WOFL operates WRBW 65 which is owned and exploited by MyNetworkTV. The channel connecting to the market NBC, WESH 2, is licensed for the Daytona Beach area and also owns and operates WKCF 18 channel associated with the CW; both channels are operated from the studio in Eatonville.

The city is also served by three public channels: WUCF-TV 24, PBS member channel in the market is run by Central Florida University, and two independent channels: WDSC-TV 15 of the Daytona College in New Smyrna Beach and WEFS channel 68 of East Florida College in Cocoa.

There are four Spanish language channels licensed in Orlando, including WOTF-DT 43 owned and operated by UniMás, WTMO-CD 31 linked to Telemundo. WVEN-TV channel 26, operated by WOTF-DT through a local marketing contract, is the Univision channel installed in Daytona Beach. Some English channels also include several additional channels in Spanish.

The city's cable television network is run by Bright House Networks. The company after merging with Charter in 2016 is called Spectrum. Spectrum is running News 13, a 24/7 region news channel exclusively on cable television with Central Florida's coverage of Orlando.

Broadcasting

There are 25 AM channels and 28 FM radio stations in Orlando region. Some of the country's largest broadcasting companies have presence here, including iHeart Media, Cox Communications and CBS Radio. One of the most prominent Internet radio channels, the D100 Radio, was founded in Orlando.

Newspapers

Orlando's main newspaper, Orlando Sentinel, is the second highest-class billboard in Florida. The Sentinel version of Spanish, El Sentinel, is the biggest Spanish newspaper in Florida.

Orlando also served by the following newspapers:

• Orlando Business Journal
• Orlando Weekly

Sport

Orlando is the home ground of two professional sports teams at Major League level: Orlando Magic in National Basketball Association (NBA), and Orlando City SC in Major League Soccer. Two other Orlando teams currently playing at Minor League are Orlando Anarchy of Women's Football Alliance and the Orlando Solar Bears Ice hockey team at the ECHL. Orlando also includes the UCF Knights students at the Central Florida State University to take part in the American National University Games (National Collegiate Association for NCAA) as a member of the American Athletic Athletic Association (the American Games). The Orlando Solar Bears team was originally part of the International Hockey League that won the Turner Cup in 2001 before the tournament was dismantled. From 1991 to 2016, the city is home to the Orlando Predators home in the Arena Football League. In 2016, Orlando Pride began playing at the American Women's National Football Championship and shared the Orlando City SC stadium. The Orlando sports teams brought back as many achievements as two counts of the Arena Bowl (1998, 2000), two titles at the ice hockey, three titles at the Minor League Baseball and two titles in football.

The city has twice run the NBA All-Star basketball games: in 1992 at the old Orlando Gym, and 2012 in the Amway Center. The Amway Center also held the 2015 ECHL All-Star match. The Camping World Sports Factory (previously called the Citrus Bowl Stadium) is the place that used to run several FIFA World Cup 1994 World Cup World Cup football matches and the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The Community Effort Orlando (CEO) is the competition for the second-largest supervisory video games in the country. Since its establishment in 2010, the award has developed strongly and in 2016 has attracted 4,000 people from 25 countries.

Orlando is managed by a mayor-council administration with a mayor elected by a city-wide election and members of the city council are elected from districts; each term lasts four years. The present mayor of Orlando is Buddy Dyer. Members of the City Council shall comprise:

• District 1: Jim Gray
• District 2: Tony Ortiz
• District 3: Robert F. Stuart
• District 4: Patty Sheehan
• District 5: Regina Hill
• District 6: Samuel Ings

Orlando uses the Lynx bus system as well as a bus service in downtown called Lymmo. Orlando and the surrounding areas are serviced by the railway station outside Sun Rail, starting operations in 2014.

Airports

• Orlando International Airport (MCO) is Orlando's main airport and is the second busiest airport in Florida just after Miami International Airport. The airport is a transit station and a central city of Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines. The airport is an important international gateway in the Central Florida region with international carriers such as Aer Lingus, Aeroméxico, Air Canada, British Airways, Emirates, LATAM Brazil and Virgin Atlantic.
• Orlando Sanford International Airport in the suburbs of Sanford, Florida near the region's secondary airport and plays the role of Allegiant Air City.
• Orlando Executive (ORL) airport is located near Orlando's main facility serving major facilities, small airplanes and training places for aviation training schools.

Roads

Like other major cities, Orlando also has problems of daily traffic jams, especially when traveling from the northern suburbs of Seminole County or from the eastern suburbs of Orange to the center. High throughput is also common with tourist areas south of the central region. The usual height is morning (after 7 a.m.) and afternoon (after 4 p.m.) the days of the week. There are traffic feeds available to traffic participants like the Tele-Traffic app, the 5-1-1 — the Florida Department of Transportation System, the Florida 511 Florida radio transports website and the landscapes along the key roads.

Major highways

• Interstate 4 (Interstate 4) is the main Interstate Highway of Orlando. Orlando is the second largest city to be served by a federal highway behind Austin, Texas, and the largest urban area in the U.S. served by only a federal highway. The highway starts from Tampa, Florida and runs north through the middle section of the state through Orlando, ending in Daytona Beach. It is an important connection to the suburbs, the center, the tourist sites and the two coastlines of Orlando, I-4, are constantly subject to large flow and traffic congestion. I-4 also known as State Street 400 (State Road 400)
• East-West Expressway (East-West / Toll 408) is the important east-west expressway managed by Central Florida Expressway Authority. The highway coupled with I-4 in downtown Orlando, providing a key blood vessel to connect residents of the eastern and western suburbs, including Central Florida University and the Waterford Lakes region. The same speed as Central Florida Greeneway and the Florida 's Turnpike. By the end of 2006, the I-4/408 intersection button was close to completing the upgrade with the construction of many cross-bridges and connectors to release large traffic. The rest of the work consists of extending the lane, building toll booths and sound barriers.
• Beachline Expressway (Beachline / Toll 528) provides a key link to Orlando International Airport and acts as a gateway to the Atlantic coast, especially Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral.
• Central Florida Greenway (Toll 417) is an important highway for east Orlando, managed by Central Florida Expressway Authority and played the eastern perimeter of Orlando. The highway joined the East-West Expressway (Toll 408), Beachline Expressway (Toll 528); It starts and ends on I-4.
• Daniel Webster Western Beltway (Daniel Webster / Toll 429) is Orlando's west perimeter. The freeway was like a back door to Walt Disney World from the outward suburb of Orlando, including Apopka through Florida's Turnpike.
• John Land Apopka Expressway (John Land Apopka / Toll 414) a toll road from east to west serving the north of Orlando. Phase I was launched on February 14, 2009 and stretches from Highway 441 to SR 429. The second phase will link SR 429 to National Highway 441 from the Air Star 429 km west.
• Florida's Turnpike (Toll 91) is an important motorway connecting north Florida with Orlando and ending in Miami.

Iron way

The railway station in Orlando.

Orlando area served by a railroad line. The line, now known as the Florida Central Highway Corridor (Central Florida Rail Corridor-CFRC), once known as the "A" line (formerly the main line of the Atlantic Railway Line). This railroad was acquired from the CSX Transportation by the state of Florida in 2013 and is now used by SunRail, the suburban rail system in central Florida. Some of the lines of goods still exist, now exploited by the Florida Central Railroad. Amtrak passenger services currently run under CFRC.

Suburban railway

In 2005, federal and state capital was approved for the creation of Sun Rail, a suburban railroad service, exploiting the old CSX "A" between DeLand and Poinciana, passing through the central areas of neighborhood neighborhoods along the railways. The service is expected to reduce the traffic on the I-4 corridor, especially between the Orlando and suburban areas of Seminole and Volusia district. The state and federal capital source is responding to 80 percent of the cost of 400 million U.S. dollars necessary to repair and build railway stations. The related districts agreed to the 2007 contrast in capital and the project is expected to enter into operation in 2011. However, the project was then rejected by the Florida State Senate in 2008 and again in 2009 by an additional US$2009 that would have to grant an additional US$20 million. for the system. Although many people are worried about the project being canceled, the deadline of completing a partnership with the CSX policy creates the hope that Sun Rail will eventually be completed. In a special meeting in December 2009, the Florida Parliament approved a subnational railroad line for Florida, and also allowed the federal funding of high-speed railways. Sun Rail came into operation on May 1, 2014. Phase I of the project ran from DeBary to Sand Lake in South Orlando. Phase II of the project will connect DeBary to the DeLand north as well as connect the Sand Lake stop to Poinciana south; expected completion in the summer of 2018.

High-speed railway

On January 28, 2010, President Barack Obama said Florida would receive US$1.25 billion for the construction of a state-wide high-speed rail system with Orlando as a central station. The first phase will connect Orlando to Tampa and hopefully finish in 2014. The next phase will connect Orlando to Miami. The project was later canceled by state governor Rick Scott in 2011 and by March 4, 2011, Florida Supreme Court unanimously denied the request of two state senators Scott to receive federal capital for the project.

A private initiative called All Aboard Florida (now known as Brightline) was announced in March 2012 in hopes of connecting Orlando to Miami and South Florida. Construction was started in 2014. January 2018. Brightline began serving transport between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Miami terminal is expected to be additioned to the first quarter of 2018. Orlando railway station is located at Orlando International Airport and is scheduled to be introduced in 202. 020.

Bus

Lynx provides local transport services across districts: Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Polk, and Volusia. Lynx also exploits Lymmo's brand, a free bus line connecting Orlando downtown as well as major bus stations.

Greyhound Lines provides a multi-city bus service from Orlando to various locations across the country. Greyhound Orlando Station is located west of Orlando Central.

Taxi

Orlando was served by a number of private taxi companies. Taxi can be called regularly in downtown Orlando, around the Amway Center, the Orange Summit Center, and all the entertainment areas such as Walt Disney World or Universal Studios. The taxi service, which is based on the telephone app (app-basedtaxi service, or rideshare - in the same car) was Uber and Lyft in the city. Due to many complaints from the traditional taxi service, the city government has enacted strict policies requiring the common driving services to create healthy competition between the two types of taxi services.

Orlando has nine cities listed by Orlando International Relations Office.

•   Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
•   Guilin, Guangxi, China
•   Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
•   Reykjanesbræ, Iceland
•   Marne-la-Vallée, Île-de-France, France
•   Tainan, Taiwan
•   Orenburg, Russia
•   Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
•   Valladolid, Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain

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