City of Pensacola
| Pensacola, Florida | ||
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| City of Pensacola | ||
Clockwise from top: Pensacola skyline, T. T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum, University of West Florida Library, Escambia County Courthouse, William Dudley Chipley Obelisk, National Naval Aviation Museum
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| Nickname(s): America's First Settlement, The Upside of Florida, P-Cola, The City of Five Flags, Red Snapper Capital of the World, World's Whitest Beaches, Cradle of Naval Aviation, Western Gate to the Sunshine State | ||
| Motto: "The Upside of Florida" | ||
 Location in Escambia County and the state of Florida |
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 Pensacola, Florida
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| Coordinates: 30°26′N 87°12′W / 30.433°N 87.200°WCoordinates: 30°26′N 87°12′W / 30.433°N 87.200°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Florida | |
| County | Escambia | |
| First settled | 1559 | |
| Resettled | 1667 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Mayor-council | |
| • Body | Pensacola City Council | |
| • Mayor | Ashton Hayward | |
| • Council President | Brian Spencer | |
| • Council Vice President | Charles Wingate | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 40.7 sq mi (105.4 km2) | |
| • Land | 22.5 sq mi (58.4 km2) | |
| • Water | 18.1 sq mi (47.0 km2) | |
| Elevation | 102 ft (31 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • City | 51,923 | |
| • Density | 2,304/sq mi (889.4/km2) | |
| • Metro | 461,227 | |
| • Demonym | Pensacolan, Pensacolian | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | |
| ZIP code | 32501, 32512, 32534, 32591, 32502, 32513, 32559, 32592, 32503, 32514, 32573, 32593, 32504, 32516, 32574, 32594, 32505, 32520, 32575, 32595, 32506, 32521, 32576, 32596, 32507, 32522, 32581, 32597, 32508, 32523, 32582, 32598, 32509, 32524, 32589, 32511, 32526, 32590 | |
| Area code(s) | 850 | |
| FIPS code | 12-55925 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0294117 | |
| Website | www |
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Pensacola (/ˌpɛnsəˈkoʊlə/) is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 51,923, down from 56,255 at the 2000 census. Pensacola is the principal city of the Pensacola metropolitan area, which had an estimated 461,227 residents in 2012.
Pensacola is a sea port on Pensacola Bay, which is protected by the barrier island of Santa Rosa and connects to the Gulf of Mexico. A large United States Naval Air Station, the first in the United States, is located southwest of Pensacola near Warrington; it is the base of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the National Naval Aviation Museum. The main campus of the University of West Florida is situated north of the city center.
The area was originally inhabited by Muskogean peoples. The Pensacola people lived there at the time of European contact, and Creek people frequently visited and traded from present-day southern Alabama. Spanish explorer Tristán de Luna founded a short-lived settlement in 1559. In 1698 the Spanish established a presidio in the area, from which the modern city gradually developed. The area changed hands several times as European powers competed in North America. During Florida's British rule (1763–1789), fortifications were strengthened.
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