Greater Orlando

Greater Orlando is a region of surrounding the city of Orlando. It's famous for amusement parks such as Disney World and Universal Studios, though it's not far from in the to the east, and therefore attracts tourists from within the United States as well as other countries.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Orlando and Walt Disney World.

deserves its reputation as the theme park capital of the world, with an estimated 52 million visitors a year. The city is best known for its theme parks and , but it holds a lot to offer besides those two amusement meccas.

At Resort in and Bay Lake, Florida, you can explore human innovation and cooperation; enjoy rides both thrilling and enchanting; relax and recuperate on the beach or the golf course; and discover an entire resort where children and adults can have fun—together.

At the , you can pillage the Caribbean with Jack Sparrow, spin through a tea party with the Mad Hatter, protect the galaxy with Buzz Lightyear, and visit the six themed lands of the world's most popular theme park.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Universal Orlando and Kissimmee.

Resort is a theme park resort in , , composed of three theme parks, an entertainment district with nightlife and restaurants, a waterpark, and several hotels.

is a city in Osceola County. is a popular tourist destination because of its sunny weather, spring training baseball for major league clubs, and close proximity to Disney World.

is a suburban city in in , , United States, which had a population of 46,231 at the 2020 United States census.

is a city of 61,000 people in Seminole County on the northern side of Greater Orlando, known as the "Historic Waterfront Gateway City". is home to Seminole State College of Florida and the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

is a city of 31,000 people in near . is often seen as a popular tourist destination for those visiting Orlando that want an escape from the typical tourist scene of the Orlando theme parks.

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is a city in Seminole County, . The population of was 26,316 at the 2000 census. As of 2005, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 29,848. The city maintains a Sister City relationship with , Spain.

is a small town in Orange County, , located just west of . It is a quickly expanding community that is becoming a hub for shopping and is also home to the West Orange Trail.

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is the primary airport serving the metro area. Large, crowded, and chaotic, it is the second-busiest airport in the state of , and the largest airport serving .

is a city in Orange County, . is referred to as the "Indoor Foliage Capital of the World" due to the many greenhouse nurseries there. It is home to about 55,000 people…

is a city in Orange County, and a suburb of . It is one of the most prosperous cities of Greater Orlando, and its downtown is more urbanized than those of surrounding neighborhoods.

is a city in Seminole County, . It is a part of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area.

is a municipality in Orange County, in Greater Orlando. It is home to Disney Springs, Typhoon Lagoon, the headquarters of the Amateur Athletic Union, Reedy Creek Improvement District, and most notably the headquarters of the Resort.

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is a city in , United States. The city is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 28,794 at the 2020 census.

or Saint Cloud is a city in northern , . It is on the southern shore of in , about 26 miles southeast of .

is a community in Osceola County, , near , designed by the Walt Disney Company to be a "perfect community". Though it was founded in 1994, the town feels a bit like something out of a TV show from the mid–20th century, with well-kept suburban houses and retro futurist architecture.

is a town in , United States, six miles north of . It is part of Greater Orlando. Incorporated on August 15, 1887, it was one of the first in the United States.

is a small town in Orange County, central . It is located just off State Road 50, 20 miles east of en route to , Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and in .

Greater Orlando

Latitude of center
28.51° or 28° 30′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
-81.32° or 81° 19′ 12″ west
Population
2,670,000
Wiki­data ID
Q1968039
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Greater Orlando” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Gran Orlando
  • Chinese: 大奥兰多
  • Chinese: 大奧蘭多
  • Dutch: Greater Orlando
  • French: Greater Orlando
  • German: Greater Orlando
  • Hebrew: אורלנדו רבתי
  • Hebrew: האזור המטרופוליני של אורלנדו
  • Italian: Area metropolitana di Orlando
  • Japanese: オーランド・キシミー・サンフォード大都市圏
  • Japanese: グレーター・オーランド
  • Lithuanian: Orlando Metropolitan Area (Fla.)
  • Lithuanian: Orlando metropolitan area
  • Lithuanian: Orlando miesto zona
  • Persian: اورلاندو بزرگ
  • Portuguese: Grande Orlando
  • Russian: Большой Орландо
  • Russian: Орландо
  • Slovenian: Greater Orlando
  • Slovenian: Vekiki Orlando
  • South Azerbaijani: اورلاندو بزرق
  • Spanish: Area metropolitana de Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
  • Spanish: Área metropolitana de Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
  • Spanish: Gran Orlando
  • Urdu: گریٹر اورلینڈو

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