Florida Panhandle
The northwestern part of Florida is called because of the shape as the Florida Panhandle ( pan handle). Geographically, the Florida Panhandle is an approximately 370 km long and between 60 and 140 km wide strip between Alabama and Georgia in the north and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and not part of the actual peninsula Florida. Culturally, the region is more like the classic South.
There is a political Florida Panhandle from the county:
- Bay County
- Calhoun County
- Escambia County
- Franklin County
- Gadsden County
- Gulf County
- Holmes County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Leon County
- Liberty County
- Okaloosa County
- Santa Rosa County
- Wakulla County
- Walton County
- Washington County
Depending on the design of the area Madison and Taylor County are occasionally added to process the Florida Panhandle. They represent the two easternmost counties, which are colored red in the figure.
Major cities of the Panhandle are Pensacola, Panama City and Tallahassee. The beach locations disconnected during Spring Break at numerous college students. Next to this are the airbases Eglin Air Force Base and Tyndall Air Force Base. In east-west Interstate 10 runs through the area.
The 1936 designated National Forest Apalachicola National Forest is also located in this area.
The time zone boundary between Eastern (UTC -5) and central (UTC -6) time zone of the United States runs along the Apalachicola River and thus directly through the Florida Panhandle.
- Geography (Florida )