State of Florida
Capital city Tallahassee Biggest city Jacksonville Surface 170,304 km² Population 21,781,000 Length of highway network 3,452 km First highway 1957 Abbreviation FL Florida is a state in the southeastern United States. The state has 21.7 million inhabitants (2021) and the capital is Tallahassee. The largest city is Jacksonville, the largest metropolitan area is Miami. The state has an area of 170,304 square kilometers and is therefore more than 4 times the size of the Netherlands. Geography The state of Florida consists of two parts, the peninsula and the so-called 'Florida Panhandle'. Florida is located on the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean and has a very long coastline. South of the mainland are the so-called 'Florida Keys', low-lying islands (keys) that form a chain until Key West, 200 kilometers…