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Orlando

Orlando is one of the important American cities in Florida which is considered a very important tourist and economic center due to its warm tropical climate during the year. It is also characterized by its landscape and a variety of amusing resorts. In addition, its name was related to amusing world of Walt Disney and it is called the "City Beautiful". The fountain existing in Lake Eola is considered a symbol of it and this city is characterized by being one of the most beautiful tourist attraction as it receives more than 51 million tourists annually and its international airport is considered one of the crowdest airports around the world. According to a statistical in 2015, its population reaches to 270,934 people.

Orlando is one of the main cities that located in the center of Florida in the United States of America. It is bordered from the northeastern by Tampa, and from the northwestern by Melbourne and it is the headquarter of Orange County and a Centre of great capital of Orlando and it is about 287 km2 and it rises about 25 m above the sea.

Most of its population speaks English; as the numbers of the people who speak English as a mother tongue are estimated to be about 75.43% of the majority in 2000 in addition to minorities speak other languages, as the population of who speak Spanish reaches to be 16.60% and the number of people who speak Haitian Creole is 1.93% and the number of who speak Portuguese is 0.99% and the people who speak Arabic as a mother tongue is about 0.54%.

Orlando includes several main tourist attractions and it is considered one of the most active American cities in the field of holding meetings and agreements. This tourist places help in activating and developing the Industrial sector. It is also considered a homeland of Walt Disney World Resort and it is three km eastwestern of the city. In addition, it includes Orlando World Resort which consists of two parks and the Sea World in Orlando and Lake Buena Vista, opened by Walt Disney Company in 1971.