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Coconut Creek
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city in Broward County, Florida, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Broward
- Incorporated
- February 20, 1967 ; 59 years ago ( 1967-02-20 )
- Type
- Commission-Manager
- City
- 12.00 sq mi (31.07 km )
- Land
- 11.17 sq mi (28.94 km )
- Water
- 0.82 sq mi (2.12 km )
- Elevation
- 10 ft (3.0 m)
- Density
- 5,174.9/sq mi (1,998.03/km )
- Metro
- 6,166,488
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 33063, 33066, 33073, 33093, 33097
- Area codes
- 754 , 954
- Fips code
- 12-13275
- Website
- www .coconutcreek .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Coconut Creek is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Situated 37 miles (60 km) north of Miami, it had an estimated population of 57,348 in 2022. It is part of South Florida's Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area. The city seceded from Pompano Beach in the 1960s. It is nicknamed "Butterfly Capital of the World" because it is home to Butterfly World, the world's largest butterfly aviary, with over 80 species and 20,000 individual butterflies.
Characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coconut Creek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.