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Top: Regional: North_America: United_States: Florida: Localities: A: Apopka

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This category may contain sites in topical sub-categories as well as links to other geographic categories. Apopka is located in Orange County, in the Orlando Metro area.

Arts and Entertainment

Submit sites concerning theater, art, photography, films, music, architecture, dance, libraries, and museums, and having to do with activities, businesses, events, institutions, venues, performers, professionals, and organizations in this locality.

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For sites based in this locality concerned with subjects such as theater, art, photography, films, music, architecture, dance, libraries, and museums.

Business and Economy

Submit sites for most companies based in this locality. Also see sub-categories when present. Certain companies should submit to Travel and Tourism, Arts and Entertainment, or Sports and Recreation instead. Compare existing listings for best results.

Most sites should be submitted to a locality. Listing at higher levels is allowed for companies with multiple locations spanning several localities or counties, and for clubs or associations drawing members from a broad area.

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For companies and business organizations based in this locality.

Education

For sites concerned with schools, training institutes and educational resources based in this locality, and links to local colleges and universities.

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For sites concerned with schools, training institutes and educational resources based in this locality, and links to local colleges and universities.

Government

For sites concerned with government in this locality including laws, taxes, law enforcement, fire and emergency services, diplomatic missions, and the military.

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For sites concerned with government in this locality including laws, taxes, law enforcement, fire and emergency services, diplomatic missions, and the military.

Guides and Directories

Submit general interest guides and directories for the locality as a whole. Single-topic sites belong in other categories. For example, dining guides go to Business and Economy/Restaurants and Bars, hotel guides to Travel and Tourism/Lodging, and lists of businesses to Business and Economy.

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For general interest guides and directories concerned with this locality as a whole.

Health

This category is for doctors, care providers, hospitals, dentists, optical, chiropractors, mental health, alternative medicine, nutrition, fitness, pharmacies, conditions and diseases, consultants, emergency services, local health employment, and health-related associations and professional groups.

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  4. Compare existing listings for best results.
For health, fitness, and medical sites based in this locality.

News and Media

For local news and media concerned specifically with this locality. Media sites are generally listed by service area, so many should be listed at county, region, or metro level rather than at locality. Subjects include radio, television, newspapers, and magazines.

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  1. Service area should be indicated by map or text.
  2. For title, submit masthead name of newspaper or magazine, or for broadcast media, the call letters followed by frequency or channel number, for example WZYX-FM 102.
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For news and media sites focused specifically on this locality.

Recreation and Sports

This category is for local activities such as baseball, basketball, bicycling, birding, boating, camping, crafts, fishing, football, gambling, golf, hunting, martial arts, scouting, skiing and soccer as well as hobbies such as games and model trains. Some business sites such as boat dealers should instead be submitted to Business and Economy. Compare existing listings for best results.

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For sites on hobbies, sports and participatory recreational activities in this locality.

Science and Environment

For sites concerned with the local natural environment as well as scientific institutions and companies in this locality. Subjects include zoos, wildlife, lakes, botanical gardens and research studies.

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For sites concerned with the local natural environment as well as scientific institutions and companies in this locality.

Society and Culture

Organizations are generally listed at the level corresponding to the area from which they draw their members, which can be locality, county, region, metro area, state or country. This category concerns resources and institutions that serve the people. Subjects include religion, politics, history, clubs and lodges, reunions, women, men, seniors, youth, activism, alternative sexuality, genealogy, animal welfare, disability resources, folklore, human rights, labor, and personal home pages.

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For sites concerned with people, society, history, and resources and institutions that serve the people in this locality.

Weather

For sites concerned with the weather in this locality. Also see Science and Environment.

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Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure. This category is for sites concerned with the weather in this locality.

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