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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Florida
- County
- Lee
- Settled
- 1832-1884
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Mike Miller (term ends March 17, 2026)
- Vice mayor
- Mike Miller
- Council members
- Holly D. Smith, Arlene Dillon, and, John Henshaw
- City manager
- Dana Souza
- City clerk
- Pamela Smith
- Total
- 33.21 sq mi (86.01 km )
- Land
- 16.18 sq mi (41.90 km )
- Water
- 17.03 sq mi (44.10 km ) 48.13%
- Elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 394/sq mi (152.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 12-63700
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sanibel
- Population
- 6382
- Area
- 86.12374
- Elevation
- 1
- Official website
- www.mysanibel.com
- Image
- Blind Pass, Sanibel and Captiva.JPG
- Households
- 3919
- Dialing code
- 239
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- Commons category
- Sanibel Island
- postal code
- 33957
- inception
- 1884-00-00
- P8168
- Lajos Dóczi
- water as percent of area
- 51.4957
- per capita income
- 90146
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Sanibel is an island and city in Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 6,382 at the 2020 census, down from 6,469 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida metropolitan statistical area. The island, also known as Sanibel Island, constitutes the entire city. It is a barrier island—a collection of sand on the leeward side of the more solid coral-rock of Pine Island.
Most of the city proper is at the island's eastern end. After the Sanibel Causeway was built to replace the ferry in 1963, the city was incorporated in 1974, and the residents asserted control over development by establishing the Sanibel Comprehensive Land Use Plan, helping maintain a balance between development and preservation of the island's ecology. In September 2022, the causeway was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian.