- The Orlando metro area has a population of 2,082,628.
- Nicknames: “The City Beautiful,” and “O-Town.”
- Orlando is Florida's 5th largest city by population.
- Orlando became a city in 1885.
- Orlando has the most hotels, and the second largest number of hotel rooms in the country (after Las Vegas, Nevada), and is one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions.
- Opened in 1977, Universal's Wet 'n Wild - Orlando is considered the first major water park in the United States.
- Orlando was the most visited U.S. city in 2009.
- Area: 101.0 sq mi (261.5 km2)
- The Walt Disney World Resort is located approximately twenty-one miles southwest of Orlando, Florida.
- Originally, Orlando was known as Jernigan.
- The city is in the Eastern time zone.
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