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Jacksonville

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Jacksonville, colloquially nicknamed Jax, is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. It is the seat of government of Duval County, with which the city consolidated in 1968. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
949,611 1
Area (sq km)
2264.84 1
Founding Year
1822 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
1 1
Latitude
30.27222 degrees north 1
Longitude
81.59444 degrees west 1
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Florida, States or Territories

Jacksonville is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida.

Source Jacksonville (Wikipedia)
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Source Jacksonville (Wikipedia)
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Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
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1. Jacksonville (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Jacksonville (US: , JAK-sən-vil), colloquially nicknamed Jax, is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. It is the seat of government of Duval County, with which the city consolidated in 1968.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    949,611
  • Infobox, Population year
    2020 census
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    2264.84
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    30.27222°N, 81.59444°W
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    30.27222°N, 81.59444°W
  • Article text
    In 1822, a year after Spain ceded Florida to the United States under the Adams-Onís Treaty, in exchange for U.S. recognition of Spanish sovereignty in Texas, a platted town was established there and named for Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and the seventh president of the United States.
  • Infobox, Elevation
    3 ft (0.91 m)
  • Associated With: United States, Infobox, Country
    united-states
  • Associated With: Florida, Infobox, State
    Florida
  • In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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Wikidata: Jacksonville
Wikidata Q16568, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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