Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida | |
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| City o Gainesville | |
 Downtown Gainesville at night | |
 Banner  Seal | |
| Eik-name(s): "Gatorville", "G-Ville", "Gainesvegas", "Hogtown" | |
| Motto(s): Every path starts with passion | |
 Location in Alachua County in the state of Florida | |
| Coordinates: 29°39′7.19″N 82°19′29.97″W / 29.6519972°N 82.3249917°WCoordinates: 29°39′7.19″N 82°19′29.97″W / 29.6519972°N 82.3249917°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |  Florida |
| County |  Alachua |
| Settled | 1854 |
| Incorporatit | Aprile 14, 1869 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Cooncil-manager |
| • Mayor | Ed Braddy |
| • Commission | Ceety Commissioners
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| • Ceety Manager | Russ Blackburn |
| Area | |
| • City | 161.6 km2 (62.4 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 158.8 km2 (61.3 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi) 1.74% |
| Elevation | 54 m (151 ft) |
| Population (2012 est.)[3] | |
| • City | 128,460 |
| • Rank | 206t |
| • Density | 789.3/km2 (2,044/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 187,781 (US: 187t) |
| • Metro | 273,377 (172nt) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 32601–32614, 32627, 32635, 32641, 32653 |
| Area code(s) | 352 |
| FIPS code | 12-25175 |
| GNIS featur ID | 0282874[4] |
| Website | www |
Gainesville is the coonty seat an lairgest ceety in Alachua Coonty, Florida, an the principal ceety o the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Stateestical Aurie (MSA).
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Gainesville maintains sister ceety relationships wi fower ceeties in three separate arrangements:[5]
Novorossiisk, Roushie (syne 1982)
Kfar Saba, Israel (syne 1998)
Qalqilya, Palestine (syne 1998)
Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq (syne 2006)
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ [1] Archived 2015-09-04 at the Wayback Machine "City of Gainesville - City Commission", Retrieved 2015-06-09
- ↑ "Gainesville, Florida". Weather Underground. Retrieved 22 Julie 2007.
- ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 1 Juin 2013.
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "Sister City Program of Gainesville". Sister City Program of Gainesville, Inc. Retrieved 16 Januar 2010.