Coral Gables | |
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![]() Coral Gables (in foreground) with Downtown Miami barely visible (in background) in 2010 | |
Nicknames: "The City Beautiful", "The Gables" | |
![]() Location of Coral Gables in Miami-Dade County, Florida (left) and of Miami-Dade County in Florida (right) | |
![]() U.S. Census Bureau map showing city limits | |
Coordinates: 25°43′00″N 80°16′20″W / 25.71667°N 80.27222°W | |
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Incorporated | April 29, 1925[1] |
Government | |
• Type | Commission-Manager |
• Mayor | Vince C. Lago[2] |
• Vice Mayor | Rhonda A. Anderson |
• Commissioners | Melissa Castro, Kirk R. Menendez, and Ariel Fernandez |
• City Manager | Amos Rojas, Jr. |
• City Clerk | Billy Y. Urquia |
Area | |
• Total | 37.31 sq mi (96.64 km2) |
• Land | 12.93 sq mi (33.48 km2) |
• Water | 24.38 sq mi (63.16 km2) |
Elevation | 10 ft (2.8 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 49,248 |
• Estimate (2022)[5] | 49,193 |
• Rank | 61st in Florida |
• Density | 3,804.56/sq mi (1,469.32/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area codes | 305, 786, 645 |
FIPS code | 12-14250[6] |
GNIS feature ID | 0280801[7] |
Website | www.coralgables.com |
Coral Gables is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida and is located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Downtown Miami. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 49,248.[4]
Coral Gables is known globally due to being home to the University of Miami, a private research university whose main campus spans 240 acres (0.97 km2) in the city.[8] With 16,479 faculty and staff as of 2021, the University of Miami is the largest employer in Coral Gables and second-largest employer in all of Miami-Dade County.[9]
The city is a Mediterranean-themed planned community[10][11] known for its historic and affluent character reinforced by its strict zoning, popular landmarks, and tourist sights.[12][13][14][15][16]