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[[Image:Florida.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Florida]]

[[Image:Florida.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Florida]]

'''Florida''' is a state of the southeast United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It was admitted as the 27th state in [[Year Admitted:=1845|1845]]. The peninsula was explored by Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and became the center of a Spanish settlement that included the southeast part of the present-day United States. Spain finally ceded the area in 1819. Tallahassee is the capital and Jacksonville the largest city. Population: [[Population:=17,700,000|17,700,000]].

'''Florida''' is a state of the southeast [[Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]] bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. It was admitted as the 27th state in [[Year Admitted:=1845|1845]]. The peninsula was explored by Juan Ponce de León in 1513 and became the center of a Spanish settlement that included the southeast part of the present-day United States. Spain finally ceded the area in 1819. Tallahassee is the capital and Jacksonville the largest city. Population: [[Population:=17,700,000|17,700,000]].

:* Nickname: Sunshine State / Peninsula State

:* Nickname: Sunshine State / Peninsula State