history, Climate, Religion, languages amd Economy in Florida

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FLORIDA

• JATIN SINGH

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Tables of Content

• About Florida
• History
• Climate
• Religion
• Languages
• Economy education
• Resources

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About Florida

• Florida is a state located in the south-eastern
  region of the United States. It is bordered to
  the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by
  Alabama and Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic
  Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida
  and Cuba.
• Florida is the 22nd most extensive, the 3rd most
  populous and the 8th most densely populated of
  the U.S. states.
• Jacksonville is the most populous municipality
  in the state and is the largest city by area in
  the contiguous United States. The Miami
  metropolitan area is Florida's most populous
  urban area. The city of Tallahassee is the state
  capital.

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History

• By the 16th century, the earliest time for which
  there is a historical record, major Native
  American groups included the Apalachee (of the
  Florida Panhandle), the Timucua (of northern and
  central Florida), the Ais (of the central
  Atlantic coast), the Tocobaga (of the Tampa Bay
  area), the Calusa (of southwest Florida) and the
  Tequesta (of the southeastern coast).

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Climate

• The climate of Florida is tempered somewhat by
  the fact that no part of the state is distant
  from the ocean. North of Lake Okeechobee, the
  prevalent climate is humid subtropical while
  areas south of the lake have a true tropical
  climate .
• In the summer, high temperatures in the state
  seldom exceed 100 F (38 C). Several record cold
  maxima have been in the 30s F (-1 to 4 C) and
  record lows have been in the 10s (-12 to -7 C).
  These temperatures normally extend at most a few
  days at a time in the northern and central parts
  of Florida. Southern Florida, however, rarely
  encounters freezing .
• The hottest temperature ever recorded in Florida
  was 109 F (43 C), which was set on June 29,
  1931 in Monticello. The coldest temperature was
  -2 F (-19 C), on February 13, 1899, just 25
  miles (40 km) away, in Tallahassee.

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Religion

• The 2014 Pew Religious Landscape Survey showed
  the religious makeup of the state was as follows
• Christian 70
• 24 Evangelical Protestant
• 21 Catholic
• 14 Mainline Protestant
• 8 Black Protestant
• 3 Other Christian
• 3 Jewish
• 3 Other non-Christian faiths
• 24 Unaffiliated

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Languages

• The most common languages spoken in Florida as a
  first language in 2010 are125
• 73 English
• 20 Spanish
• 2 Haitian Creole
• Other languages comprise less than 1 spoken by
  the state's population

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Economy

• In the twentieth century, tourism, industry,
  construction, international banking, biomedical
  and life sciences, healthcare research,
  simulation training, aerospace and defense, and
  commercial space travel have contributed to the
  state's economic development.
• The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Florida in
  2010 was 748 billion.Its GDP is the fourth
  largest economy in the United States.In 2010, it
  became the fourth largest exporter of trade goods.

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Education

• Florida's public primary and secondary schools
  are administered by the Florida Department of
  Education. School districts are organized within
  county boundaries. Each school district has an
  elected Board of Education which sets policy,
  budget, goals, and approves expenditures.
  Management is the responsibility of a
  Superintendent of schools.
• The State University System of Florida was
  founded in 1905, and is governed by the Florida
  Board of Governors. During the 2010 academic
  year, 312,216 students attended one of these
  twelve universities.

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Resources

• http//uspopulation2017.com/population-florida-201
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• https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida

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