Tampa Bay Area
The Tampa Bay area is a major metropolitan area surrounding Tampa Bay on the Gulf Coast of Florida in the United States. It includes the main cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tampa and Saint Petersburg.
Tampa
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The city of Tampa is the county seat of Hillsborough County and the largest city on Florida's West Coast.
Saint Petersburg
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Saint Petersburg sits at the base of the Tampa Bay peninsula in Pinellas County, Florida, and enjoys a more subdued social atmosphere than its larger cousin, Tampa.
Clearwater
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Clearwater is a city in Pinellas County, a region in Florida. Perhaps most easily recognized as the headquarters city of the Church of Scientology, Clearwater also has miles of beautiful beaches and close proximity to other cities in the Tampa Bay area.
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Pinellas County
Pinellas County is located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 959,107, making it the seventh-most populous county in the state.
Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County is located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. In the 2020 census, the population was 1,459,762, making it the fourth-most populous county in Florida and the most populous county outside the Miami metropolitan area.
Manatee County
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Manatee County is located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 399,710. Manatee County is part of the Sarasota metropolitan area.
Tampa Bay Area
- Type: metropolitan statistical area with 3,180,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan area on the west coast of Florida, USA
- Also known as: “Tampa area”, “Tampa Bay”, “Tampa Bay area”, “Tampa Bay metro area”, “Tampa Bay metropolitan area”, “Tampa metro area”, “Tampa metropolitan area”, “Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area”, “Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater MSA”, “Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area”, and “Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater MSA”
- Location: Florida West Coast, Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
28° northLongitude of center
-82.3° or 82° 18′ westPopulation
3,180,000Wikidata ID
Q2828677
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Tampa Bay Area” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Տամպա Բեյ շրջան”
- Asturian: “Área de la Badea de Tampa”
- Catalan: “Àrea de la badia de Tampa”
- Chinese: “坦帕灣區”
- Chinese: “坦帕灣地區”
- Chinese: “昙帕湾区”
- French: “Agglomération de la baie de Tampa”
- French: “Aire urbaine de la baie de Tampa”
- French: “Aire urbaine de Tampa Bay”
- French: “Tampa Bay Area”
- Galician: “Área da baía de Tampa”
- German: “Tampa Bay Area”
- Hebrew: “אזור מפרץ טמפה”
- Hebrew: “איזור מפרץ טמפה”
- Irish: “ceantar Tampa Bay”
- Italian: “Area della baia di Tampa”
- Japanese: “タンパベイエリア”
- Japanese: “タンパベイ地区”
- Japanese: “タンパ湾エリア”
- Korean: “탬파베이 지역”
- Persian: “ناحیه خلیج تامپا”
- Polish: “Tampa Bay Area”
- Portuguese: “Área da baía de Tampa”
- Slovenian: “območje Tampa Bay”
- South Azerbaijani: “تامپا بای ئیرا”
- Spanish: “Area de la Bahia de Tampa”
- Spanish: “Área de la Bahía de Tampa”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater”
- Spanish: “Region de la Bahia de Tampa”
- Spanish: “Región de la Bahía de Tampa”
- Swedish: “Tampa Bay-området”
- Urdu: “ٹیمپا بے علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng đô thị khu vực vịnh Tampa”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng vịnh Tampa”
- Western Armenian: “Թամփա Պէյ շրջան”
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