Cocoa Beach

Cocoa Beach
a town in E central Florida. 10,926.

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      city, Brevard county, east-central Florida, U.S., on a barrier island between the Banana River (lagoon) and the Atlantic Ocean, just south of Cape Canaveral (Canaveral, Cape) and near Patrick Air Force Base, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Orlando. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León (Ponce de León, Juan) visited Cape Canaveral in 1513. Originally a small resort linked to Cocoa on the mainland across Merritt Island by a bridge (1923) and later by a causeway, Cocoa Beach developed rapidly after 1950 with the emergence of U.S. space programs at Cape Canaveral and the John F. Kennedy Space Center. A city charter was adopted in 1957. The city's beach and favourable climate and its proximity to the cape spurred development of an active tourist trade; military- and space-related industries also contribute to the economy. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, and Canaveral National Seashore are north of Cocoa Beach. Pop. (2000) 12,482; (2007 est.) 12,021.

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