Sarasota () is a city in and the county seat of Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is located in Southwest Florida on Sarasota Bay, a lagoon on the Gulf Coast. The population was 54,842 at the 2020 census, while the Sarasota metropolitan area with an estimated 935,000 residents is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Florida and 61st-largest in the United States. The Sarasota area was settled by Spanish explorers in the 16th century and officially established as a town in the late 19th century.
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