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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is in Hillsborough County, with approximately 399,000 residents.

Well-Known Places in Tampa

Tampa Riverwalk, Busch Gardens, Ybor City.

Tampa Business Districts

• Downtown Tampa
• Westshore
• Ybor City
• Tampa Palms

Major Employers in Tampa

University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, USAA, Citi.

About Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a Gulf Coast port city that grew from a frontier fort into the "Cigar Capital of the World," thanks to the immigrant cigar workers of Ybor City. Today it blends a deep-water port, a major military command at MacDill Air Force Base, and three professional sports teams into a diverse, fast-growing metro. Its Cuban-Spanish-Italian heritage still flavors the food, the festivals, and the historic brick streets of Ybor.

History of Tampa

• Modern Tampa traces to the 1824 founding of Fort Brooke at the mouth of the Hillsborough River, soon after the U.S. took Florida from Spain
• Ybor City was founded in 1885-1886 by Vicente Martinez-Ybor and Ignacio Haya, who moved cigar operations from Key West to avoid unionization

Landmarks and Places in Tampa

• Tampa Riverwalk, a 2.6-mile pedestrian trail along the Hillsborough River
• Henry B. Plant Museum, in the former Tampa Bay Hotel on the University of Tampa campus
• Tampa Theatre, an ornate 1920s Art Deco movie palace

The Tampa Economy

• Port Tampa Bay is the largest port in Florida, responsible for over $15 billion in economic impact
• MacDill Air Force Base hosts the headquarters of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), one of the most important military commands in the country
• Key industries include tourism, healthcare, finance, insurance, technology, and maritime trade

Community Life in Tampa

• Gasparilla Pirate Festival, founded in 1904 by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, is an annual mock pirate invasion of the city
• Ybor City preserves the cigar-rolling and Cuban-Spanish-Italian immigrant heritage
• Signature local foods include the Cuban sandwich (with its distinctive Tampa layer of Genoa salami) and the deviled crab

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, guides.loc.gov