Punta Gorda is a city in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 16,762. It is the county seat of Charlotte County and the only incorporated municipality in the county. Punta Gorda is the principal city of the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area and is a principal city of the Sarasota-Bradenton-Punta Gorda Combined Statistical Area, which was first defined by OMB bulletin 07-01, released in December 2006.
Punta Gorda was the scene of massive destruction after Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 hurricane, came through the city on August 13, 2004. Charley was the most destructive tropical system to hit Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992. (...)
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