Tallahassee

Also known as Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee, FL

county seat of Leon County, Florida, USA and Florida federated state capital city

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Tallahassee is the capital city of Florida and the main government center for Leon County. It serves as the seat of Florida's state government and plays an important role in the state's political and administrative functions.

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Instance of: big city
Official name: Tallahassee
Country: United States
Located in: Leon County
Population: 85000
Area: 270.39016975275471
Elevation: 62
Time zone: UTC−05:00
Capital of: Leon County
Official website: www.talgov.com
Image: TallahasseeSkyline2.JPG
Households: 78283
Dialing code: 850

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postal code: 32314
category for people born here: Category:Births in Tallahassee
twinned administrative body: Konongo
Commons category: Tallahassee, Florida
topic's main category: Category:Tallahassee, Florida
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Tallahassee, Florida
category of associated people: Category:People from Tallahassee, Florida
inception: 1824-00-00
P8168: JDF
native label: Tallahassee
water as percent of area: 3.1
per capita income: 28813
hashtag: Tallahassee
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
P12749: 223 BC

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Encyclopedic overview

Tallahassee (/ˌtæləˈhæsi/) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of and the only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2024, the estimated population was 205,089, making it the eighth–most populous city in the state of Florida. It is the principal city of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 397,675 as of 2024. Tallahassee is the largest city in the Florida Big Bend and Florida Panhandle regions.

With a student population exceeding 70,000, Tallahassee is a college town, home to Florida State University, Florida A&M University, and Tallahassee State College (a large state college that serves mainly as a feeder school to FSU and FAMU).

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