Coral Gables, Florida
| Coral Gables, Florida | |||
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| City of Coral Gables | |||
Downtown Coral Gables in April 2010
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| Nickname(s): "The City Beautiful", "The Gables" | |||
 Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida |
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 U.S. Census Bureau map showing city limits |
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| Coordinates: 25°43′00″N 80°16′20″W / 25.71667°N 80.27222°WCoordinates: 25°43′00″N 80°16′20″W / 25.71667°N 80.27222°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 Florida
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 Miami-Dade
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| Incorporated | April 29, 1925 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Council-Manager | ||
| • Mayor | James Cason | ||
| • Vice Mayor | Frank C. Quesada | ||
| • Commissioners | Patricia Keon, Vince Lago, and Jeannett Slesnick | ||
| • City Manager | Cathy Swanson-Rivenbark | ||
| • City Clerk | Walter Foeman | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 37.2 sq mi (96.2 km2) | ||
| • Land | 13.1 sq mi (62.2 km2) | ||
| • Water | 24.1 sq mi (34.0 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 10 ft (2.8 m) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • City | 49,631 | ||
| • Density | 3,621.2/sq mi (1,398.2/km2) | ||
| • Metro | 5,422,200 | ||
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||
| Area code(s) | 305, 786 | ||
| FIPS code | 12-14250 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0280801 | ||
| Website | www.CityBeautiful.net | ||
Coral Gables (/ˌkɔːrəl ˈɡeɪbəlz/), officially the City of Coral Gables, is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, located southwest of Downtown Miami. The United States Census Bureau estimates conducted in 2013 yielded the city had a population of 49,631. Coral Gables is home to the University of Miami.
The city of Coral Gables has its own newspaper, Coral Gables News, which is published bi-weekly and is part of Miami Community Newspapers.
Coral Gables was one of the first planned communities, and prefigured the development of the gated community and the homeowners association. It is infamous for its strict zoning regulations. The city was developed by George Merrick during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. The city's architecture is almost entirely Mediterranean Revival style, including the Coral Gables Congregational Church, donated by Merrick. The domed, Catholic Church of the Little Flower was built somewhat later, in a similar Spanish Renaissance style. By 1926, the city covered 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) and had netted $150 million in sales, with over $100 million spent on development.
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