Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city in and the county seat of Hillsborough County, Florida. With a population of 335,709, it is Florida's third-largest city, and the largest in the Tampa Bay metro. The bay's port is the largest in the state, near downtown's Channel District. It is home to Tampa Bay Battle Academy, University of South Florida, University of Tampa, and is served by a few pro sports teams; the Buccaneers of the NFL, the Rays of the MLB and the Lightning of the NHL. It is also home to MacDill Air Force Base.
Tampa 	Florida
Incorporated 	January 18, 1849 (village), September 10, 1853 and August 11, 1873 (town), December 15, 1855 and July 15, 1887 (city)
Nickname 	Cigar City, The Big Guava
County 	Hillsborough
Population 	335,709
Elevation 	48 ft (14.6 m)
Mayor 	Weston Patterson
Gym Leader 	Ángeles Sáenz - Ice-type specialist Gym
City Guildmaster	Sabrina Stone
ZIP codes 	33601-33626, 33629-33631, 33633-33635, 33637, 33646-33647, 33650, 33655, 33660-33664, 33672-33675, 33677, 33679-33682, 33684-33689, 33694
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
45.44% White (152,546)
24.83% Black or African American (83,356)
24.43% Hispanic or Latino (82,013)
5.30% Other (17,794)
19.4% (65,127) of Tampa residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Tampa has above average and somewhat high rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 777 Pokemon thefts in 2019, and averages 26.16 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Hillsborough County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* In 1885, the Tampa Board of Trade enticed Vicente Martinez Ybor to move his cigar manufacturing operations to Tampa from Key West. Proximity to Cuba made importation of "clear Havana tobacco" easy by sea, and Plant's railroad made shipment of finished cigars to the rest of the US market easy by land. Since Tampa was still a small town at the time (population less than 5,000), Ybor built hundreds of small houses around his factory to accommodate the immediate influx of mainly Cuban and Spanish cigar workers. Ybor City's factories rolled their first cigars in 1886, and many different cigar manufacturers moved their operations to town in ensuing years. Many Italian and a few eastern European Jewish immigrants arrived starting in the late 1880s, opening businesses and shops that catered to cigar workers. By 1900, over 10,000 immigrants had moved to the neighborhood. Several thousand more Cuban immigrants built West Tampa, another cigar-centric suburb founded a few years later by Hugh MacFarlane. Between them, two "Latin" communities combined to exponentially expand Tampa's population, economic base, and tax revenues, as Tampa became the "Cigar Capital of the World".
* Believe it or not, since 2015, Tampa's Gym has been an Ice-type one, which is very unusual as wild Ice-types this far down in Florida are extremely rare sightings, and other than maybe Louisiana, Florida is the most difficult state to find an Ice-type Pokemon in.
* Tampa has a diverse culinary scene from small cafes and bakeries to bistros and farm-to-table restaurants. The food of Tampa has a history of Cuban, Spanish, Floribbean and Italian cuisines. There are also many Colombian, Puerto Rican, Vietnamese and barbecue restaurants. Seafood is very popular in Tampa, and Greek cuisine is prominent in the area, including around Tarpon Springs. Food trucks are popular, and the area holds the record for the world's largest food truck rally. In addition to Ybor, the areas of Seminole Heights and South Tampa are known for their restaurants.
** Several restaurant chains were founded or headquartered in Tampa, including Outback Steakhouse, The Melting Pot, Front Burner Brands, Carrabba's, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Bonefish Grill, Columbia Restaurant, Checkers and Rally's, Taco Bus, and PDQ.
** Tampa is the birthplace of the Florida version of the deviled crab and the Cuban sandwich, which has been officially designated as the "signature sandwich of the city of Tampa" by the city council. A Tampa Cuban sandwich is distinct from other regional versions, as Genoa salami is layered in with the other ingredients, likely due to the influence of Italian immigrants living next to Cubans and Spaniards in Ybor City.
* The city is home to both the Florida Aquarium and the Florida Pokemon Aquarium.
* Tampa is also home to Hillsborough Community College and the Stetson University College of Law.
* The area is served by Tampa International Airport.
* Local TV stations serving Tampa include WEDU 3 (PBS), WFLA-TV 8 (NBC), WTSP 10 (CBS), WTVT 13 (Fox), WCLF 22 (CTN), WFTS-TV 28 (ABC), WTTA 38 (MyNetworkTV), WTOG 44 (The CW), WVEA-TV 50 (UniVision) and WXPX-TV 66 (Ion).
* The area is served by dozens of FM and AM radio stations including WDAE, which was the first radio station in Florida when it went on the air in 1922.
* The city is home to Busch Gardens, a 335-acre (136 ha) African-themed animal theme park. It features six major roller coaster, kid-friendly coasters, and water rides. This diversity of different rides allow for more people to enjoy their day around the park. Not only that, but the different sections from around the world with multiple zoo animals attract even more visitors. From the ranging shows including animals, figure skaters, and singing, this park is very popular. They even offer a "Hospitality House" where the pubic can not only cool off indoors, but they can watch the feeding of small animals and surgical procedures of various animals.
* In addition to the international airport, Tampa has two reliever airports: Peter O. Knight Airport and Tampa Executive Airport.
* Overall, Tampa is 50th out of the largest 51 metropolitan area in the percentage of the populace that attends religious services of any kind, with less than 35% of the population regularly attending services. Only the Portland, Oregon area is less observant.
* Several Fortune 1000 companies are headquartered in the metropolitan area,[106] including OSI Restaurant Partners, WellCare, TECO Energy, and Raymond James Financial.
* The main server farm for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects is in Tampa.
* Tampa ranks second in the state behind Miami in terms of cruise ship travel. Besides smaller regional cruise ships such as Yacht Starship and SunCruz Casino, Tampa also serves as a port of call for three cruise lines: Holland America's MS Ryndam, Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas and Radiance of the Seas, and Carnival's Inspiration and Legend.
* Perhaps the most well known and anticipated events are those from Tampa's annual celebration of "Gasparilla", particularly the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, a mock pirate invasion held since 1904 in late January or early February. Often referred to as Tampa's "Mardi Gras", the invasion flotilla led by the pirate ship, Jose Gasparilla, and subsequent parade draw over 400,000 attendees, contributing tens of millions of dollars to the city's economy. Beyond the initial invasion, numerous Gasparilla festivities take place each year between January and March, including the Gasparilla Children's Parade, the more adult-oriented Sant'Yago Knight Parade, the Gasparilla Distance Classic, Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, and the Gasparilla International Film Festival, among other pirate themed events. The Gasparilla parade is the third largest parade in the United States.
Category:Florida Cities