Sarasota, Florida

Sarasota birni ne a cikin kuma kujerar gundumar Sarasota County, Florida, Amurka. Tana cikin Kudu maso Yammacin Florida, ƙarshen kudancin Babban Yankin Tampa Bay, da arewacin Fort Myers da Punta Gorda. iyakokinta na hukuma sun hada da Sarasota Bay da tsibirai da yawa tsakanin bay da Gulf of Mexico. Sarasota babban birni ne na Arewacin Port-Bradenton-, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dangane da Ƙididdigar Amurka ta shekakar 2020, Sarasota tana da yawan mutane 54,842, daga 51,917 a ƙididdigarsa ta 2010. Yankin birnin Sarasota ya ƙunshi tsibirai da yawa, waɗanda ake kira makullin, gami da Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Otter Key, Coon Key, Bird Key, da ɓangaren arewacin Siesta Key da Bay Island. Longboat Key shine mafi girman maɓallin da ke raba Sarasota Bay daga Tekun Mexico amma gari ne daban. Tarihi Yankin da aka sani a yau da Sarasota ya bayyana a kan taswirar Mutanen Espanya daga 1763 tare da kalmar Zarazote a kan Sarasota da Bradenton na yanzu. Asalin sunan yana da jayayya, tare da wasu suna da'awar cewa ya dogara ne akan 'yar conquistador Hernando de Soto Sara, wasu kuma suna da'akari da cewa ya fito ne daga "sara-de-cota," ma'ana "wani yanki na ƙasa da za a iya lura da shi" a cikin harshen asalin kabilar Calusa. Tun daga shekarar 1883 zuwa 1885, Kamfanin Florida Mortgage and Investment Company na Edinburgh ya sayi kadada 60,000 don ci gaba a cikin abin da ke yanzu Sarasota. Mutane da yawa na Scotland sun fara isa Sarasota a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1885. An kafa gwamnatin karamar hukumar Sarasota lokacin da aka kafa ta a matsayin gari a ranar 14 ga Oktoba, 1902. John Hamilton Gillespie shi ne magajin gari na farko. Lokacin da aka sake haɗa shi da tsarin gwamnati na birni a ranar 13 ga Mayu, 1913, A. B. Edwards ya zama magajin garin na farko. Manazarta