Florida - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 History Toggle History subsection 1.1 European arrival 1.2 Statehood and Indian removal 1.3 Civil War and Reconstruction 1.4 20th century 1.5 21st century 2 Geography Toggle Geography subsection 2.1 Climate 2.2 Fauna 2.3 Flora 2.4 Reef 2.5 Environmental issues 2.6 Geology 2.7 Regions 2.8 Cities and towns 3 Demographics Toggle Demographics subsection 3.1 Population 3.2 Languages 3.3 Religion 4 Governance Toggle Governance subsection 4.1 Elections history 4.1.1 2000–present 4.2 Statutes 4.3 Taxation 5 Economy Toggle Economy subsection 5.1 Transportation 5.1.1 Highways 5.1.2 Airports 5.1.3 Intercity rail 5.1.4 Public transit 6 Healthcare 7 Architecture 8 Education Toggle Education subsection 8.1 Primary and secondary education 8.2 Higher education 9 Sports 10 State symbols 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 Bibliography 15 External links Toggle the table of contents Florida 211 languages Afrikaans Alemannisch አማርኛ Aragonés Ænglisc العربية ܐܪܡܝܐ الدارجة مصرى Asturianu Aymar aru Azərbaycanca تۆرکجه Башҡортса Basa Bali Boarisch Žemaitėška Bikol Central Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Беларуская Betawi Български भोजपुरी Bislama বাংলা བོད་ཡིག বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী Brezhoneg Bosanski Буряад Català Chavacano de Zamboanga 閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ Нохчийн Cebuano کوردی Corsu Qırımtatarca Čeština Чӑвашла Cymraeg Dansk Dagbanli Deutsch Zazaki Eʋegbe Ελληνικά Emiliàn e rumagnòl Esperanto Español Eesti Euskara فارسی Fulfulde Suomi Na Vosa Vakaviti Føroyskt Français Arpetan Nordfriisk Frysk Gaeilge Gagauz Gàidhlig Galego Avañe'ẽ 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 Gaelg Hausa 客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî Hawaiʻi עברית हिन्दी Fiji Hindi Hrvatski Hornjoserbsce Kreyòl ayisyen Magyar Հայերեն Արեւմտահայերէն Interlingua Jaku Iban Bahasa Indonesia Interlingue Igbo Iñupiatun Ilokano Ido Íslenska Italiano ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut 日本語 Patois Jawa ქართული Qaraqalpaqsha Kabɩyɛ Kumoring Қазақша ಕನ್ನಡ Yerwa Kanuri 한국어 Къарачай-малкъар کٲشُر Kurdî Kernowek Кыргызча Latina Ladino Lëtzebuergesch Лезги Lingua Franca Nova Limburgs Ligure Ladin Lombard ລາວ Lietuvių Latviešu मैथिली Malagasy Олык марий Māori Minangkabau Македонски മലയാളം Монгол ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ मराठी Кырык мары Bahasa Melayu မြန်မာဘာသာ مازِرونی Nedersaksies Plattdüütsch नेपाली नेपाल भाषा Nederlands Norsk nynorsk Norsk bokmål Diné bizaad Occitan Ирон ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Kapampangan Papiamentu Picard पालि Polski Piemontèis پنجابی پښتو Português Runa Simi Rumantsch Română Русский Русиньскый संस्कृतम् Саха тыла ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ Sardu Sicilianu Scots سنڌي Davvisámegiella Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски සිංහල Simple English Slovenčina Slovenščina Anarâškielâ ChiShona Soomaaliga Shqip Српски / srpski Seeltersk Svenska Kiswahili Ślůnski தமிழ் తెలుగు Тоҷикӣ ไทย Tagalog Tolışi Toki pona Türkçe Татарча / tatarça ChiTumbuka ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche Українська اردو Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Vèneto Tiếng Việt West-Vlams Volapük Winaray 吴语 IsiXhosa მარგალური ייִדיש Yorùbá Vahcuengh Zeêuws 文言 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí 粵語 中文 IsiZulu Edit links Article Talk English Read View source View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read View source View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Switch to legacy parser Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikinews Wikiquote Wikivoyage Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide Coordinates: 28°N 82°W / 28°N 82°W / 28; -82 (State of Florida) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia U.S. state "Fla" redirects here. 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