<Tr> <Th> GNIS feature ID </Th> <Td> 0308416 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.talgov.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Tallahassee / ˌtæləˈhæsi / is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida . It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County . Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824 . In 2016, the population was 190,894, making it the 7th - largest city in the U.S state of Florida, and the 126th - largest city in the United States . The population of the Tallahassee metropolitan area was 379,627 as of 2016 . Tallahassee is the largest city in the Florida Panhandle region, and the main center for trade and agriculture in the Florida Big Bend and Southwest Georgia regions . </P> <P> Tallahassee is home to Florida State University, ranked the nation's thirty - third best public university by U.S. News & World Report . It is also home to Florida A&M University, the fifth - largest historically black university by total enrollment . Tallahassee Community College is a large state college that serves mainly as a feeder school to Florida State and Florida A&M . Tallahassee qualifies as a significant college town, with a student population exceeding 70,000 . </P>

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