St. Petersburg, also spelled Saint Petersburg and often called St. Pete, is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, in the United States. It is the fifth most populous city in Florida and the most populous in the state that is not a county seat, since the seat of Pinellas County is Clearwater. It is the second most populous city of the Tampa Bay area. The city lies on the Pinellas peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico and is joined to the mainland to the north. It is governed by a mayor and city council. St. Petersburg is nicknamed the Sunshine City for its average of 361 days of sunshine a year and for a Guinness World Record of 768 consecutive sunny days between 1967 and 1969. Its weather has long made it a popular retirement destination.
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1. St. Petersburg, Florida (Wikipedia)
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As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the most populous city in the state that is not a county seat (the city of Clearwater is the seat of Pinellas County).
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36
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-05:00
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1888
Part Of: United States, Lead
St. Petersburg (also spelled as Saint Petersburg) is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.
On Continent: North America, Lead, country
St. Petersburg (also spelled as Saint Petersburg) is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.
In Group: Cities of Northern America (World), Lead
Petersburg (also spelled as Saint Petersburg) is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States
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