Sarasota (/ˌsærəˈsoʊtə/) is a city in Sarasota County on the
southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned
for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and
the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is at the southern end
of the Tampa Bay Area, north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its
official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands
between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. According to the U.S. Census
Bureau, in 2019 Sarasota had a population of 58,285. In 1986 it became
designated as a certified local government. Sarasota is a principal
city of the Sarasota metropolitan area, and is the seat of Sarasota
County. Long the winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus,
many landmarks in Sarasota are named for the Ringlings.Sarasota
(/ˌsærəˈsoʊtə/) is a city in Sarasota County on the southwestern
coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its
cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the
Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is at the southern end of
the Tampa Bay Area, north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official
limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the
bay and the Gulf of Mexico. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in
2019 Sarasota had a population of 58,285. In 1986 it became designated
as a certified local government. Sarasota is a principal city of the
Sarasota metropolitan area, and is the seat of Sarasota County. Long
the winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus, many
landmarks in Sarasota are named for the Ringlings.The islands
separating Sarasota Bay from the gulf near the city, known as keys,
include Lido Key and Siesta Key, which are famous worldwide for the
quality of their sandy beaches. The keys that are included in the
boundary of Sarasota are Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Otter Key, Casey
Key, Coon Key, Bird Key, and portions of Siesta Key. Previously,
Siesta Key was named Sarasota Key. At one time, it and all of Longboat
Key were considered part of Sarasota and confusing contemporaneous
references may be found discussing them.Longboat Key is the largest
key separating the bay from the gulf, but it was evenly divided by the
new county line of 1921. The portion of the key that parallels the
Sarasota city boundary that extends to that new county line along the
bay front of the mainland was removed from the city boundaries at the
request of John Ringling in the mid-1920s, who sought to avoid city
taxation of his planned developments at the southern tip of the key.
Although they never were completed in the quickly faltering economy,
those development concessions granted by the city never were reversed
and the county has retained regulation of those lands. Sarasota, Florida Top Movies & Young Movies