Orlando is the county seat of Orange County and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. Orlando has all of the world’s top theme parks, that’s why this city is nicknamed “the Theme Park Capital of the World”. One of them is the famous Walt Disney World Resort. Orlando formerly known as Jemigan. In 1857, the city was renamed Orlando. Local legend said the name Orlando was come from a soldier named Orlando Reeves who died in 1835. Orlando is now known as one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations.