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'''Orlando, Florida''' is a city in the center of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] state of [[Florida (U.S. state)|Florida]] and the seat of Orange county.  It is the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] and [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]].  The city of Orlando had a population of 307,573 in 2020, and the surrounding metropolitan area had a population of 2,509,831.  The area has many small lakes, which are home to [[alligator]]s.


'''Orlando, Florida''' is a city in the center of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] state of [[Florida (U.S. state)|Florida]] and the seat of Orange county. As of 2017, the Orlando metropolitan area had a population of 2,509,831. It is the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] and [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]]. The city of Orlando had a population of 307,573 in 2020.
In part because of its theme parks ([[Walt Disney World]] and [[Sea World Orlando]]), Orlando is one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions, and the [[Orange County Convention Center]] is the second-largest convention facility in the United States.


In part because of its theme parks, Orlando is one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions. [[Orange County Convention Center]] is the second-largest convention facility in the United States.  The area is home to two internationally renowned tourist attractions, the [[Walt Disney World]] resort, opened by the [[Walt Disney Company]] in 1971 and located about 21 miles southwest of downtown Orlando in Bay Lake, and the [[Universal Orlando]] resort, opened in 1990 as a major expansion of [[Universal Studios Florida]] (located inside Orlando city limits).  It is also home to [[Sea World Orlando]], a theme park, zoo and aquarium.  
Orlando is also home to the very large [[University of Central Florida]].


Orlando is home to the [[University of Central Florida]], which became the largest university campus in the United States in terms of enrollment as of 2015.{{update inline|date=April 2022}} In 2010, Orlando was listed as a "Gamma+" level [[global city]] by the [[Globalization and World Cities Research Network]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The World According to GaWC 2020 |url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2020t.html |website=GaWC - Research Network |publisher=Globalization and World Cities |access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref>
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Aerial view of Orlando in 2015.

Orlando, Florida is a city in the center of the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Orange county. It is the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami and Tampa. The city of Orlando had a population of 307,573 in 2020, and the surrounding metropolitan area had a population of 2,509,831. The area has many small lakes, which are home to alligators.

In part because of its theme parks (Walt Disney World and Sea World Orlando), Orlando is one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions, and the Orange County Convention Center is the second-largest convention facility in the United States.

Orlando is also home to the very large University of Central Florida.

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