๐บ๐ธ Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida. Pensacola is the principal city of the Pensacola Metropolitan Area. Pensacola is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the Gulf Coast region. Pensacola is the site of the first Spanish settlement within the borders of the continental United States in 1559, predating the establishment of St. Augustine by 6 years, although the settlement was abandoned due to a hurricane and not re-established until 1698. Pensacola is a seaport on Pensacola Bay, which is protected by the barrier island of Santa Rosa and connects to the Gulf of Mexico. A large United States Naval Air Station, the first in the United States, is located south-west of Pensacola near Warrington; it is the base of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team and the National Naval Aviation Museum. The main campus of the University of West Florida is situated north of the city center.
The area was originally inhabited by Muskogean-speaking peoples. The Pensacola people lived there at the time of European contact, and Creek people frequently visited and traded from present-day southern Alabama and Mississippi and south-east of Louisiana. Spanish explorer Tristรกn de Luna founded a short-lived settlement in 1559. In 1698 the Spanish established a presidio in the area, from which the modern city gradually developed. The area changed hands several times as European powers competed in North America. During Florida's British rule (1763โ1781), fortifications were strengthened.
It is nicknamed "The City of Five Flags", due to the five governments that have ruled it during its history: the flags of Spain (Castile), France, Great Britain, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America. Other nicknames include "World's Whitest Beaches" (due to the white sand of Florida panhandle beaches), "Cradle of Naval Aviation", "Western Gate to the Sunshine State", "America's First Settlement", "Emerald Coast", "Red Snapper Capital of the World", and "P-Cola".
Military Industry The city has been referred to as "The Cradle of Naval Aviation". Naval Air Station Pensacola (NASP) was the first Naval Air Station commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1914. Tens of thousands naval aviators have received their training there, including John H. Glenn, USMC, who became the first American to orbit the earth in 1962, and Neil Armstrong, who became the first man to set foot on the moon in 1969. The Navy's Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, is stationed there.
The National Museum of Naval Aviation is located on the Naval Air Station and is free to the public. The museum cares for and exhibits hundreds of vintage Naval Aviation aircraft and preserves the history of Naval Aviation through displays, symposiums, IMAX movies and tours.
Corry Station Naval Technical Training Center serves as an annex for the main base and the centre for Information Dominance. CWO3 Gary R. Schuetz Memorial Health Clinic is at Corry Station, Naval Hospital Pensacola, as is the main Navy Exchange and Defense Commissary Agency commissary complex for both Corry Station and NAS Pensacola. The Army National Guard B Troop 1-153 Cavalry, Bravo Company 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion is stationed in Pensacola.
Tourist Industry Pensacola is home to a number of annual festivals, events, historic tours, and landmarks. The Pensacola Seafood Festival and the Pensacola Crawfish Festival have been held for nearly 30 years in the city's historic downtown. The Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival is held annually in November in Seville Square, and often draws more than 200 regional and international artists. The Children's Art Festival, also held in Seville Square, displays art by local schoolchildren. Pensacon is a comic convention held each February, with nearly 25,000 attendees from around the world.
Scuba diving and deep sea fishing are a large part of Pensacola's tourism industry. The USS Oriskany was purposefully sunk in 2004 to create an artificial reef off the shores of Pensacola.
There are several walking tours of restored 18th century neighbourhoods in Pensacola. Pensacola is the site of the Vietnam Veterans' Wall South. There are a number of historical military installations from the Civil War, including Fort Barrancas. Fort Pickens served as a temporary prison for Geronimo. Other military landmarks include the National Naval Aviation Museum and Pensacola Lighthouse at NAS Pensacola.
The city's convention and visitors' bureau, Visit Pensacola, is overseen by the Greater Pensacola Chamber.
Top employers 1 Navy Federal Credit Union; 2 Baptist Health Care; 3 Sacred Heart Health Systems; 4 Gulf Power Company; 5 West Florida Healthcare; 6 Ascend Performance Materials; 7 Alorica (fka West Corporation); 8 Innisfree Hotels; 9 Santa Rosa Medical Center; 10 Medical Center Clinic.
Pensacola was ranked #721 by the Nomad List which evaluates and ranks remote work hubs by cost, internet, fun and safety. Pensacola has a population of over 52,710 people. Pensacola also forms the centre of the wider Pensacola metropolitan area which has a population of over 502,629 people. Pensacola is ranked #515 for startups with a score of 0.353.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Pensacola has links with:
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๐ฒ๐ฝ San Quintรญn 30.55
๐ช๐ฌ Shibin El Kom 30.557
๐บ๐ธ Marble Falls 30.567
๐บ๐ธ Round Rock 30.513
๐บ๐ธ Cedar Park 30.5
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๐บ๐ธ Terre Haute -87.401
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๐บ๐ธ Evansville -87.57
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